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Hunting Suit

1930-1939 (made)
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.

Object details

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