Ensemble associated with Marian Anderson's 1939 Lincoln Memorial concert
Object Details
- Date
- 1939; modified 1993
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Marian Anderson, American, 1897 - 1993
- Caption
- The skirt and the decorative trim on the orange jacket were worn by Marian Anderson in 1939 when she sang at the Lincoln Memorial. In 1993, with Anderson’s permission, the original velvet jacket was remade using silk fabric.
- Description
- This is a virtual record for the orange tailored silk shantung jacket and black velvet skirt worn by Marian Anderson at her Lincoln Memorial Concert in 1939.
- Place used
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Topic
- African American
- Civil Rights
- Classical (Music)
- Clothing and dress
- Fashion
- Local and regional
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Clothing-Costume
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Ginette DePreist in memory of James DePreist
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.27.2
- Type
- jackets
- skirts
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Medium
- Jacket: silk, metal, thread, sequin;
- Skirt: nylon velveteen, tulle, metal, cloth
- Dimensions
- Jacket on form: 26 × 23 × 19 in. (66 × 58.4 × 48.3 cm)
- Skirt on form: 44 × 36 × 38 in. (111.8 × 91.4 × 96.5 cm)
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2014.27.2
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