Tuxedo vest from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A size large, After Six, Dynasty Collection tuxedo vest from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway. The gray, adjustable tuxedo vest is constructed from a fabric with a plain tweed weave with thin, vertical, light gray and dark gray woven stripes. There are closed, welted pockets on each side of the waist edged in gray satin. The vest has thin lapels and three, gray satin covered buttons attached at the front center. The vest has adjustable neck straps with the straps looped through a metal slider at the center and buttons placed at different lengths on each side of the strap’s interior to adjust the size. The vest also has black, elastic waistband straps with sliders at the bottom left and right that loop around the waist and connect at the center of the lower back with a silver tone buckle set. The vest’s interior is lined with white cotton fabric.

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