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- CAAMA Gallery
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- Objects in this Location
- Manufactured by
- Brioni, Italian, founded 1945
- Worn by
- Eikerenkoetter, Frederick J. II, American, 1935 - 2009
- Date
- 1980-1989
- Medium
- wool (textile) with silk (textile) , cotton (textile) , plastic and metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (flat): 41 15/16 × 19 3/4 × 9/16 in. (106.5 × 50.2 × 1.5 cm)
- Description
- A pair of black pinstripe suit trousers designed by Brioni and worn by Reverend Ike. The trousers are black with thin pink pinstripes. They features two side pockets, a front tab waistband, and hemmed cuffs. The interior waistband is lined with white silk and cotton and has four small black buttons at the front, and two at the back, to attach suspenders. A small white tag sewn to the front waistband has embroidered black text that reads [52R/58] on the front and is plain on the back.
- Place made
- Europe
- Classification
- Clothing - Fashion and Historical
- Type
- suits
- trousers
- Topic
- Christianity
- Clothing and dress
- Fashion
- Preaching
- Radio
- Religion
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Eula M. Dent Eikerenkoetter (Wife) and Xavier F. Eikerenkoetter (Son)
- Object number
- 2020.49.2.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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