Overcoat
January 1970 (made)
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Man's long overcoat. Extended frock coat style in cream coloured twilled wool and double-breasted. With a black velvet collar and plastic buttons. Lined with black striped synthetic satin.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Twilled wool lined with synthetic satin, and with velvet and plastic |
| Brief description | Twilled wool overcoat lined with synthetic satin, made by Watson, Fagerstrom & Hughes, London, 1970 |
| Physical description | Man's long overcoat. Extended frock coat style in cream coloured twilled wool and double-breasted. With a black velvet collar and plastic buttons. Lined with black striped synthetic satin. |
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| Production type | Haute couture |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'WATSON, FAGERSTROM & HUGHES LTD / 20 HANOVER STREET, HANOVER SQUARE, / LONDON W1' and No... 48862 ate ...1/70 NEIL M. ROGERS ESQ (Tailor's label inside front interior jacket pocket. Personal details handwritten.) |
| Object history | Worn by Bunny Rogers, a flamboyant dandy of the post-war period, who was a particular proponent of the Neo-Edwardian style of the late 1940s and 1950s. Acquired as part of a grouping of his clothing by the Museum in 1998. |
| Production | Attribution note: Tailoring commission |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.14-1998 |
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| Record created | May 21, 2007 |
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