Coat
1950s (made), ca. 1970 (altered)
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Overcoat made of charcoal grey herringbone tweed. In a double-breasted style, but only with buttons as a single-breasted coat. Stay button on the inside left front. Shaped waist and wide 5.5 inches revers. Two sloping pockets with flaps at the hip level. The sleeves have slit cuffs with three buttons which are not functional. No inside breast pocket. Lined with black silk.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tweed wool lined with silk |
| Brief description | Overcoat made of charcoal grey herringbone tweed, made in Switzerland in 1950s, and altered in Verona, ca. 1970 |
| Physical description | Overcoat made of charcoal grey herringbone tweed. In a double-breasted style, but only with buttons as a single-breasted coat. Stay button on the inside left front. Shaped waist and wide 5.5 inches revers. Two sloping pockets with flaps at the hip level. The sleeves have slit cuffs with three buttons which are not functional. No inside breast pocket. Lined with black silk. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | (Tailor's label stitched at the inside back of the neck below the hanger) |
| Credit line | Given by Martin Kamer |
| Object history | Registered File number 1986/399. Originally made in Switzerland in the 1950s for the donor's father, and altered ca. 1970 in Italy to conform to the wide-lapelled and fitted shape of the midi-style of overcoat for that period. |
| Production | Originally made in the 1950s in Switzerland and altered ca. 1970 in Italy. |
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| Accession number | T.72-1986 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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