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Ensemble

1954 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Grey wool jacket and trousers, white cotton pleated front shirt, Homburg hat, black and white acetate tie, brown and white silk handkerchief.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 6 parts.
(Some alternative part names are also shown below)
  • Jacket
  • Trousers
  • Shirt
  • Hat
  • Homburg
  • Tie
  • Homburg
  • Handkerchief
  • Homburg
Materials and techniques
wool, cotton, acetate and silk
Brief description
1954 grey flannel suit by Tautz & Sons, Savile Row, London. Ensemble with white cotton shirt, Homburg hat (Lock's of London), brown and white silk handkerchief and black and white checked tie by Cades of Philadelphia.
Physical description
Grey wool jacket and trousers, white cotton pleated front shirt, Homburg hat, black and white acetate tie, brown and white silk handkerchief.
Dimensions
  • Jacket chest width: 59cm
  • Jacket waist width: 51cm
  • Jacket length: 56cm
  • Trousers length: 121cm
  • Waist width: 40cm
  • Shirt length: 94cm
  • Shirt chest width: 62cm
  • Handkerchief, square width: 68cm
  • Tie length: 133cm
Credit line
Given by Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Drexel Biddle III
Collection
Accession number
T.136:1 to 6-2015

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Record createdJune 24, 2016
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