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Black and gold vest worn by LaMonte McLemore of The 5th Dimension

African American Museum

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    Object Details

    Designed by

    Le Doux Road, American

    Worn by

    LaMonte McLemore, American, born 1935

    Subject of

    The 5th Dimension, American, founded 1966

    Description

    Black vest with gold decoration and fringe worn by LaMonte McLemore of The 5th Dimension. The collarless black vest has a straight hem with squared front opening edges and oversized armholes. It is made of a black polyester-cotton blend fabric that is decorated with gold woven tape in a looped design around the neck, front sides, hem, and armholes. There are four (4) gold bead and sequin appliques of stylized flowers sewn on the fronts, two (2) on each side, with the top two facing upward and the bottom two facing downward. Beaded gold fringe is sewn at both shoulder seams with black velvet tape covering it in the middle along the seam. Fifty-five (55) lengths of gold woven tape in an open design are sewn all along the hem of the vest to make fringe approximately twenty (20) inches long. Each piece of fringe is hemmed with tightly woven gold tape. The vest is lined with black synthetic fiber. There is a black fabric label at the interior back neck with gray machine-embroidered text reading "LE DOUX ROAD / of Beverly Hills".

    Credit Line

    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of LaMonte McLemore founding member of The 5th Dimension

    Date

    ca. 1980

    Object number

    2013.198.2

    Restrictions & Rights

    Unknown - Restrictions Possible
    Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

    Type

    vests (main garments)

    Medium

    polyester and cotton blend, synthetic fiber, gold foil fringe, gold foil tape, sequin paillettes, and plastic and glass beads

    Dimensions

    H x W (Flat): 40 1/2 × 17 3/4 in. (102.9 × 45.1 cm)
    Waist: 22 in. (55.9 cm)

    Place made

    Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America

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    National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

    Classification

    Clothing - Costume

    Data Source

    National Museum of African American History and Culture

    Topic

    African American
    Clothing and dress
    Costume
    Costume design
    Design
    Popular music
    Rhythm and blues (Music)
    Singers (Musicians)
    Soul (Music)

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5e71e1779-9f28-4aec-a772-1c5253e3331c

    Record ID

    nmaahc_2013.198.2

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