Jacket made by Joe Emsley and worn by Miles Davis

Object Details

Created by

Joe Emsley, American

Worn by

Miles Davis, American, 1926 - 1991

Description

This dark purple velvet jacket was made by Joe Emsley and worn by Miles Davis. The jacket is slim cut, with no lapel, full length straight cut sleeves and a scalloped hemline. The jacket closes at the center front with three (3) black metal snaps. It is slightly longer in the back than in the front. There is one (1) exterior pocket at the waist of the proper left front, with a scalloped bottom left corner. The interior opening band of this pocket has a strip of the lining material sewn to it, but the body of the pocket is unlined. There are three (3) darts along the back below the neckline. On the interior, the jacket is lined with a printed silk fabric in a white, red, and blue polka-dotted diamond design. There is one interior set-in pocket on the proper right front with a label sewn onto it. There are underarm perspiration shields under each arm made from the same material as the lining.

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

1960s

Object number

2014.97.4

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Type

jackets

Medium

velvet, silk and metal

Dimensions

H x W x D (On form): 28 1/2 × 26 × 10 1/2 in. (72.4 × 66 × 26.7 cm)

H x W (Flat): 28 1/2 × 17 in. (72.4 × 43.2 cm)

Place made

New York City, Manhattan, New York, United States, North and Central America

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Clothing - Fashion and Historical

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Clothing and dress

Instrumentalists (Musicians)

Jazz (Music)

Record ID

nmaahc_2014.97.4

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5849824a1-2d36-4c36-a825-2929a299f050