White tuxedo shirt worn by Cab Calloway: Museum Object and Cultural History
White tuxedo shirt worn by Cab Calloway: Date: mid 20th-late 20th century. Manufactured by: After Six, Inc., American, founded 1903. Worn by: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994.
The object in the museum catalogue
An off-white tuxedo shirt worn by Cab Calloway. The shirt has a stand-up wing collar and straight cut sleeves with French cuffs. The front panel, button band, and cuffs are made of a diaper patterned white fabric. The shirt closes at the center front with four (4) clear plastic buttons and three (3) black plastic studs. Each cuff has two buttonholes for attaching cuff links. A loop of white twill tape is sewn at the center back of the collar for securing a bow tie. The shirt is not lined. There is a manufacturer's tag at the interior center back neck made from off-white fabric with black embroidered text that reads "after Six / 16 1/2 / 34". An additional tag is sewn beneath the first with silver embroidered text reading, "PERMANENT PRESS / 65% DACRON POLYESTER - 35% COTTON". The text "CH-CAB" is stamped in black ink on the interior center back of the collar.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: mid 20th-late 20th century
- Manufactured by: After Six, Inc., American, founded 1903
- Worn by: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
- Type: shirts
- Medium: polyester and cotton blend fabric with plastic buttons
- Dimensions: H x W x D (On form): 34 1/4 × 24 1/2 × 14 1/2 in. (87 × 62.2 × 36.8 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (flat): 34 × 18 1/4 in. (86.4 × 46.4 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Clothing and dress
- Topic: Composers (Musicians)
- Topic: Conductors (Musicians)
- Topic: Costume
- Topic: Dance
- Topic: Jazz (Music)
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Object number: 2013.237.4.3
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Cabella Calloway Langsam
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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