Object Record
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Metadata
Accession number |
2015.058 |
Object Identification Number |
2015.058.003 |
Object Name |
Necktie |
Donor |
Langkilde, Klaus |
Description |
Necktie made of silk. Design features a repeating diagonal bars that alternate between blue and aqua, with lighter blue bands mixed in. Starting at the bottom of the front of the tie is a repeating set of gold Olympic rings. Above that is a repeating design: the Olympic torch with "100 / Atlanta 1996" below, all in gold. Above that is, in gold, "CENTENNIAL / OLYMPIC GAMES" with "100" betwen. These three sets of designs continue throughout the length of the tie. At the narrow end on the backside is a white tag that reads in black "HN91598 / FABRIC / WOVEN / IN ITALY / MADE IN USA / 100% SILK". On the back of the wide end is a fabric tag, blue with two gold bars at the top and bottom each, and a gold Olympic torch and "100 / Atlanta 1996" at the viewer's right. In the upper left is a red square with a white "H" inside, and a red "Hanes" next to it. Below in white is "OFFICIAL OUTFITTER / FOR THE / 1996 OLYMPIC GAMES". |
Dimensions |
W-3.875 L-57 inches |
Made By |
Hanes |
Creation Date |
ca. 1996 |
Place Of Origin |
USA/Italy |
Owned By |
Langkilde, Klaus |
Used By |
Langkilde, Klaus |
Material |
silk |
Associated People |
Langkilde, Klaus |
Search Terms |
Langkilde, Klaus Olympics 1996 dignitary Atlanta, Georgia Hanes |
Provenance |
The jacket, tie, and hat (2015.058.001, 002, and 003) were worn by the donor during the 1996 Olympics held in Atlanta, Georgia. He acted as co-host for Danish dignitaries and wore these items as he acted in this role. The pins were collected during the games. Klaus Langkilde was born march 24, 1943 in Denmark. He served as a travel agent in Denmark for about 15 years. In 1972, during a Baha'i Pilgrimage in Haifa, Israel, he met Arefeh, a Persian woman whose profession was a teacher, and the two were married later that same year. They lived in Denmark until August the next year when they decided to immigrate to the U.S. with their six-week old son Daunah Ib. They settled down just outside of Atlanta, Georgia in Douglasville. Arefeh began working again as a teacher, and Klaus worked in a government office while attending Georgia State University, pursuing degrees in education. He became a public school teacher. Klaus and Arefeh started an organization called Cultural Exchange as part of a local Cultural Arts Center in the 1980s. The goal was to familiarize the citizens of their community with different cultures around the world. Klaus retired from education in 2003. ____________________________ Object included in the exhibition "Sports for Sports' Sake: Athletes and Ethnicity in Danish America" from April 23, 2016-September 4, 2017. |
Images |
258\2015058003.JPG |
Date Received by Museum |
11/23/2015 |