An ivory white, clip on bow tie from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway. The satin, pre-tied, butterfly bow tie has a small piece of matching white fabric that wraps around the bow at the center and is stitched closed at the back, forming the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2015.273.1.1.24
A white cotton day dress with lace panel inserts. The dress features a rounded neckline made from three vertical lengths of lace. The edge of the neckline is made from narrow eyelet machine lace hand sewn to two lengths of filet machine lace. The filet…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.183
A white cotton blouse with cut and drawn embroidery. The blouse has a round neckline and three quarter length set-in sleeves. It opens in the cetner front with six shell buttons and nine buttonholes. Four pin tucks are sewn to each side of the center front…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.648
A white cotton children's dress with mid length sleeves and a rounded neckline. The ends of the neckline and sleeves are edged with narrow lace trim. A decorative yoke is sewn to the front of the dress and is embordered with three flowers and stitches in a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.636
A white cotton eyelet table runner. The table runner is composed of an oval-shaped panel of white cotton with multiple rows of machine eyelet embroidery. There is a central row of embroidered flowers and on either side of that is eyelet embroidery with…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.1103
A white cotton lace blouse with pintucks and embroidery. The blouse has a two inch wide band collar made of two bands of crochet chain stitch and bands of cotton. Three pieces of thin metal boning encased in cotton are sewn at the interior of the collar.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.831
A white cotton voile pinafore dress with floral embroidery. The dress has a loose A-line silhouette and is made from two panels of sheer white cotton voile – one for the front and one for the back. At the proper left is a shoulder seam, which fastens with…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.974
A white dress and a jacket with floral embroidery. The mid length sleeveless sheath dress (a) is made of a synthetic twill weave with machine embroidery of flowers and flourishes. The dress has a boat neckline with a raised waist seam that is slightly…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.712ab
A pair of white elbow length gloves with pearl fastenings. The gloves are made of white kid leather. The gloves have a four-inch-long inner wrist opening with a bound edge. The opening closes with three faux pearl buttons on the outer edge of each opening.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.890ab
A white full length embroidered net dress with lace. The dress is made of synthetic bobbinet with embroidered leaves scattered throughout the dress. One-and-a-half-inch wide white machine lace is sewn along the edge of the wide round neckline. The dress…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.944
White evening dress with metallic and feather accents worn by Ophelia DeVore. The dress is made from white silk crepe overlaid in white organdy with a silver and black metallic floral design. The dress has a V-neck front with a high back neckline, an…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.25.2.1
This is a white container for lightening lotion manufactured by White Express. The front of the container features a large, white rectangular label with the image of a woman on the left side. She is facing the viewer, smiling mouth open, with her left hand…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.285.2
White gloves from The Wiz costume ensemble worn by André De Shields in the original 1975 Broadway production. Pair of white cotton gloves decorated with clear rhinestones. The fingers are lined and continue to create darts on the back of the palm. The…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.1.3.4ab
Pair of white gloves from a White House butler uniform worn by Eugene Allen. The gloves have three (3) seams on the back of the hand. There is an elastic band on the interior wrist. The thumb of the left glove is frayed with areas of loss.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.5.1.6ab
A white gauze petticoat. The petticoat is composed of four tiers of white synthetic gauze fabric (possibly nylon), all machine-sewn together. The top yoke is made from two panels of gauze and has a 5/8” wide cream-colored synthetic twill waistband sewn…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.930
A white Louise Green fedora hat (a) worn by Kerry Washington as the character Olivia Pope on the set of the television show Scandal, with hat box (b). The hat appears in Episode 222, "White Hat's Back On," which was broadcast May 16, 2013. a. The velour…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.90.26ab
A white satin hat with a rhinestone bow (a). The hat is blocked in a pillbox shape variation and is created using two pieces of viscose, one for the crown and one for the side of the hat. The crown is short and fits closely to the head. The sides of the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.450ab
A white brimmed hat with black and white striped trims and a black bow. The hat is made of white polyvinyl chloride with black and white striped acetate trim set on the bias. The trim is on hat’s crown and brim and glued to the polyvinyl chloride. A double…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.549
Identification badge for Eugene Allen from the White House. The badge is in laminated plastic and has a ball chain attachment at the top. The white badge has a blue border and the U.S. Presidential Seal in the center. Partially overlapping the seal, [W H]…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.5.1.11
A pair of white knitted gloves. The gloves are made of cotton synthetic blended fabric. Ruching stitches are placed along the outer side seams. An elastic band is sewn along the ruching at the interior. The gloves are made of machine stitches, are unlined…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.638ab
A white knit hat with fabric flowers. The base of the hat is made of knitted wool. Flowers and roses made of acetate and nylon organza are adhered to the exterior of the hat. At the top of the hat there are three green leaves made of acetate, one of which…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.454
