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Tie

1940s (made)
Place of origin

Clip-on tie of peach-coloured rayon twill, with a central pattern.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Twill-weave rayon
Brief description
Tie, maverick-style clip-on tie, rayon twill, United States, 1940s
Physical description
Clip-on tie of peach-coloured rayon twill, with a central pattern.
Object history
Registered File number 1993/2054, Streetstyle exhibition 1994-1995, in the exhibition it was part of an outfit called 'Cowboy and Western USA - Late 1940s' (includes the Western suit, jacket T.606-1993 and trousers T.607-1993, the shirt T.608-1993 and collar tips T.610-1993, the hat T.611-1993 and the boots T.612-1993 and toe caps T.613-1993).


Part of a Western-style outfit that would have been worn as an evening outfit in America, and was displayed in the Street Style Exhibition of 1996 as a Cowboy and Western Revival outfit.
Bibliographic reference
Surfers, Soulies, Skinheads & Skaters : Subcultural Style from the Forties to the Nineties Described in the exhibition publication, part of an outfit called 'Cowboy and Western USA - Late 1940s'.
Collection
Accession number
T.609-1993

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Record createdNovember 22, 2010
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