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ca. 1929 (made)
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City suit. Black double-breasted coat and striped trousers, beige hopsacking waistcoat, cream silk shirt, with black beaver bowler hat and black leather shoes. Silk public school tie, white, dark blue, red, cream striped silk
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 9 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | wool and cotton blend, wool flannel
Mother-of-pearl (shirt buttons) made from Trochus sp., including Trochus niloticus (Caroline Cartwright, Senior Scientist, Department of Scientific Research, British Museum, 2019) |
| Brief description | Man's suit, 1929, English; Leslie & Roberts black jacket; Pleydell & Smith beige wool double breasted waistcoat; Rochester cream silk shirt; Oundle striped silk tie; Lock & Co. black beaver bowler hat. With pair of black leather shoes and two cream silk collars. |
| Physical description | City suit. Black double-breasted coat and striped trousers, beige hopsacking waistcoat, cream silk shirt, with black beaver bowler hat and black leather shoes. Silk public school tie, white, dark blue, red, cream striped silk |
| Production type | Haute couture |
| Credit line | Given by Aubrey Esson-Scott |
| Object history | Worn by Aubrey Esson-Scott (World Punting Champion 1929-34) in the City Historical significance: Rare, complete ensemble showing a fashionable day suit of c.1929, from head to toe |
| Bibliographic reference | Fashion : An Anthology by Cecil Beaton. London : H.M.S.O., 1971
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| Accession number | T.713-1974 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2007 |
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