Romeo costume hose worn by Cab Calloway at the Miami Beach Cotton Club: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A pair of gold hose from a costume worn by Cab Calloway at the Miami Beach Cotton Club for a Shakespearian Romeo and Juliet themed routine. The hose has an elastic waistband and feet. The seams are stitched down the back of the leg and over the back of the heel. The waist features an inch thick wide, lacy, elastic waistband. The interior of the hose is mostly unlined except for two rectangular panels that run from the top center of the front of the waistband down the center and from the top center of the back of the waistband down the center.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1957
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Worn by: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
• Subject of: Cotton Club, American, 1956 - 1958
• Type: hosiery
• Medium: nylon with elastic and thread
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 47 1/16 × 17 3/8 × 3/8 in. (119.5 × 44.2 × 0.9 cm)
• Place used: Miami Beach, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Band (Music)
• Topic: Clothing and dress
• Topic: Composers (Musicians)
• Topic: Conductors (Musicians)
• Topic: Costume
• Topic: Dance
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Object number: A2015.273.1.2.2
• 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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