Object Details
- Description
- An off-white blazer with three buttons down the front center. The jacket has two pockets and features an embroidered American shield over crossed tennis racquets on the proper left chest.
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Created by
- United States Tennis Association, American, founded 1881
- Subject of
- Althea Gibson, American, 1927 - 2003
- Date
- 1957
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Medium
- wool
- Dimensions
- 29 3/4 x 29 3/8 in. (75.6 x 74.6 cm)
- On form: 28 3/4 x 21 x 18 in. (73 x 53.3 x 45.7 cm)
- Type
- blazers
