Suit Jacket, worn by Ella Fitzgerald
Object Details
- advertiser
- American Express Company
- wearer
- Fitzgerald, Ella
- designer
- Loper, Don
- Description
Made of red fabric, with a zip-front with six decorative buttons. This jacket is from the ensemble worn by jazz vocalist, Ella Fitzgerald, in an American Express Card advertisement, photographed by Annie Liebovitz. There is a maker’s label:
DON LOPER
OF CALIFORNIA- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Fitzgerald 1989 Trust (through Richard D. Rosman)
- ID Number
- 1996.0342.006
- accession number
- 1996.0342
- catalog number
- 1996.0342.006
- Object Name
- suit jacket
- Physical Description
- fabric (overall material)
- metal (zipper material)
- Measurements
- overall: 21 5/8 in x 24 1/4 in x 2 in; 54.9275 cm x 61.595 cm x 5.08 cm
- overall, mounted: 39 1/2 in x 20 1/2 in x 9 in; 100.33 cm x 52.07 cm x 22.86 cm
- place made
- United States: California, Beverly Hills
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Popular Entertainment
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Clothing & Accessories
- Jazz
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1190756
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-5adc-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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