Bow tie from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway

Source catalog description

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

A light gray, After Six, one size fits all bow tie from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway. The satin, pre-tied, butterfly with points bow tie features an adjustable light gray neck strap that fastens behind the bow tie knot. The bow tie has been stitched to the band. The band strap has a silver tone metal strap adjuster and a hook at the end of the strap that clips to an eye just behind the bow tie. Sewn to the tie strap is a white fabric tag with black embroidered text on the front that reads [after / Six® / MADE IN U.S.A.] and is blank on the back.

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