Necktie worn by Ira Tucker Sr.
- On View
- Musical Crossroads Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Musical Crossroads
- Created by
- Metcalf Neckwear Company, founded 1917
- Worn by
- Tucker, Ira Sr., American, 1925 - 2008
- Date
- ca. 1950
- Medium
- cloth (possibly synthetic fibers), cloth (possibly silk)
- Dimensions
- H x W: 50 x 4 1/4 in. (127 x 10.8 cm)
- Description
- The tie is made of a silk-like material with a “photo image” landscape of haystacks during sunset. A tree with orange and red leaves in autumn is present above the hay stacks, and dark clouds are found towards the top of the tie. A circular logo in the silk-like material on the verso bottom has the text “INDIAN SUMMER / COLOR PHOTO” in white. The tie has been lined with a silky white material and a thicker woven white material. Black ink handwriting on the interior of one of the folds on the verso reads “TUCKER”.
- Classification
- Clothing-Costume
- Type
- neckties
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Ira Tucker, Jr. of the Dixie Hummingbirds
- Object number
- 2013.13.16
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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