Hunting Suit

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Artist/Maker	H. Huntsman & Sons (made) Turnbull and Asser Ltd. (made) Thurston (made) A. D. Hauptmann & Co (designers)
Place of origin	London (made) Vienna (made)

Hunting suit. Black and white shepherd's check tweed jacket with leather yoke, green faced collar. Matching breeches. Green waistcoat with gilt buttons. Pale green woollen shirt, black and white spotted wool cravat, scarlet flannel braces. Leather riding boots. Cravat pin with stag's tooth mount.

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Categories	Fashion Clothing Sport
Object type	Hunting suit
Parts	This object consists of 20 parts. Jacket Jodhpurs Waistcoat Shirt Cravat Cravat Pin Braces Boot Boot Boot Strap Boot Strap Part of Shoe Tree Part of Shoe Tree Part of Shoe Tree Part of Shoe Tree Part of Shoe Tree Part of Shoe Tree Part of Shoe Tree Part of Shoe Tree Box
Materials and techniques	Wool Tweed Leather Bone Flannel
Brief description	Man's hunting suit
Physical description	Hunting suit. Black and white shepherd's check tweed jacket with leather yoke, green faced collar. Matching breeches. Green waistcoat with gilt buttons. Pale green woollen shirt, black and white spotted wool cravat, scarlet flannel braces. Leather riding boots. Cravat pin with stag's tooth mount.
Production type	Haute couture
Gallery label	(2015-2016) Label for the exhibition Shoe: Pleasure and Pain Shiny Leather Leather boots are associated with war and physical strength, and have a strong sexual appeal for both men and women. The boot-clad men in homosexual erotica are muscular and bursting with sexual prowess, while uniformed men in boots combine illicit desire and danger. Riding boots even have a fetishist following. Boots are perhaps the only footwear with such universal erotic appeal. Men’s riding boots 1930–39 London Peal and Co. Ltd Leather Worn and given by Aubrey Esson-Scott V&A: T.712H&G-1974
Credit line	Given by Aubrey Esson-Scott
Object history	Worn by Aubrey Esson-Scott for stag-hunting Historical significance: Another rare example of a completely intact man's ensemble from the 1930s.
Bibliographic reference	Fashion : An Anthology by Cecil Beaton. London : H.M.S.O., 1971
Collection	Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number	T.712 to S-1974

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Record created	August 16, 2004
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O102413/hunting-suit-h-huntsman/

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