Tie 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 yApre' Cravat Inc. tie from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway. The tie is primarily silk with a white cotton lining. It is ivory white with brick red, diagonal, decorative stripes. The diagonal stripes are woven in pairs, alternating with single stripes down the length of the tie. Each stripe has an identical woven pattern that features running spiral pattern at the center, bookended by thin lines. The back of the tie is hemmed down the center. The white lining at either ends of the back of the tie features a repeating woven pattern with the name [yApre'] below a woven graphic of a king chess piece.

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