Boy's Coat and Cap
1930s (made)
Boy's grey tweed coat and cap. The cap has a popper on the brim and a button at the top of the crown.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Tailored tweed with a rayon lining which covers a gauze internal structure. |
| Brief description | Boy's coat and cap; English, 1930s |
| Physical description | Boy's grey tweed coat and cap. The cap has a popper on the brim and a button at the top of the crown. |
| Marks and inscriptions | Rowes |
| Credit line | Purchased |
| Object history | The vendor (a descendant of the artist John Crome) married in Cairo early in WW2. With the war & this place of residence in mind she began to collect traditional English clothes for the children she hoped to have: Dinah & Simon Prewin were born in Cairo in 1941 & 1944 respectively, and lived there for some years. |
| Production | Made by: Rowe of Bond Street England |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | B.1211:1-1993 |
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| Record created | April 19, 2000 |
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