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Man's Riding Habit

1807-1825 (made)
Artist/Maker
Lincoln Bennett & Co
Place of origin
England (made)

Man's riding habit with red wool coat with gold buttons, cream silk waistcoat with gold buttons, fall-front buckskin breeches, and velvet-covered leather riding hat

Object details

Categories
Men's Clothes
Tailoring
Hunting
Clothing
Object type
Man's riding habit
Parts
This object consists of 4 parts.

  • Coat
  • Waistcoat
  • Breeches
  • Hat
Materials and techniques
Wool (Textile)
Silk (Textile)
Leather
Velvet
Tailoring
Brief description
Man's riding habit, 1807-1810, English. With Lincoln & Bennett hat
Physical description
Man's riding habit with red wool coat with gold buttons, cream silk waistcoat with gold buttons, fall-front buckskin breeches, and velvet-covered leather riding hat
Dimensions
  • T.772 1913 length: 99.7cm (Note: Measurement converted from department register)
  • T.772 1913 across shoulders width: 35.6cm (Note: Measurement converted from department register)
  • T.772 a 1913 length: 55.2cm (Note: Measurement converted from department register)
  • T.772 a 1913 width: 45.7cm (Note: Measurement converted from department register)
  • T.772 b 1913 length: 78.7cm (Note: Measurement converted from department register)
  • 7.772 b 1913 width: 45.7cm (Note: Measurement converted from department register)
  • T.772 c 1913 crown height: 22.2cm (Note: Measurement converted from department register)
  • T.772 c 1913 width: 26cm (Note: Measurement converted from department register)
Credit line
Given by Messrs Harrods Ltd.
Object history
These were part of a very large collection of items of dress and accessories which was given to the Museum by Harrods, the department store, in 1913. The collection had been formed by the artist Talbot Hughes, who wrote a book on the history of dress, illustrated with photographs of models wearing items from his collection. A large firm in America had offered to buy the collection and present it to the Metropolitan Museum, New York, but Hughes did not want it to go abroad. At the suggestion of Cecil Harcourt Smith of the V&A, Harrods bought it for £2,500 and gave it to the Museum for the 'public good'. Harrods displayed the collection for three weeks in December 1913.
Association
Talbot Hughes
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.772-1913

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O355900/mans-riding-habit-lincoln-bennett/
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