Garment bag used by Shirley Verrett

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.

Louis Vuitton garment bag. The dark brown leather bag is rectangular in shape with rounded corners. There is a repeated Louis Vuitton “LV” logo in light brown with three types of floral symbols repeated as well. The bag is trimmed in another shade of brown. The rounded handle is the same color, and there are also two horizontal stripes along the top 1/3 of the front of the bag. In between the two scuffed stripes is a metal zipper. Above the stripes is an oval sewn on in the same shade of brown as the trim and handle. There is a torn red and white sticker on it which reads [?ST SECURITY / BAGGAGE]. There is a torn blue and white sticker on the handle reading [SECURITY / ICTS]. There is also a red grosgrain ribbon tied on to the handle.

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