Director’s chair owned by Cab Calloway: Museum Object and Cultural History
Director’s chair owned by Cab Calloway: Date: mid 20th-late 20th century. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Owned by: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994.
The object in the museum catalogue
A director’s chair owned by Cab Calloway. The folding chair is constructed with a folding wooden frame and a canvas seat and back cover. The frame itself is light colored wood with silver toned, metal braces, hinges, and other hardware. The legs are straight and uniform and terminate with slightly rounded ends capped with white rubber floor protectors. Both the canvas seat and back covers are plain orange canvas. Flocked, velvet-like, Cooper Black font, letter-shaped patches are adhered to the front of the back cover and read [CAB / CALLOWAY].
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: mid 20th-late 20th century
- Manufactured by: Unidentified
- Owned by: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
- Type: directors' chairs
- Medium: vinyl on canvas with wood and metal
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 34 1/4 × 20 1/4 × 16 in. (87 × 51.5 × 40.6 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Band (Music)
- Topic: Composers (Musicians)
- Topic: Conductors (Musicians)
- Topic: Dance
- Topic: Jazz (Music)
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Topic: Theatre
- Object number: A2015.273.1.7
- 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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