Dinner Suit
1996 (made)
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Henry Poole was the first tailor to make the now-familiar dinner suit. In the mid-19th century the Prince of Wales asked Poole to create a black version of the lounge coat, which he wore for informal men-only dinner parties at Sandringham. A guest at one of these parties took the new and comfortable evening suit home to Tuxedo Park in New York, and gave rise to the dinner suit's American name, the 'tuxedo'.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Barathea |
| Brief description | Barathea dinner suit consisting of a jacket and trousers with waistcoat, made by Henry Poole, Great Britain, 1996 |
| Physical description | Black barathea dinner suit consisting of a jacket and trousers with waistcoat. |
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| Credit line | Given by the makers |
| Object history | Part of a dinner suit T.440: 1 to 5-1996. Henry Poole was the first tailor to make the now-familiar dinner suit. |
| Summary | Henry Poole was the first tailor to make the now-familiar dinner suit. In the mid-19th century the Prince of Wales asked Poole to create a black version of the lounge coat, which he wore for informal men-only dinner parties at Sandringham. A guest at one of these parties took the new and comfortable evening suit home to Tuxedo Park in New York, and gave rise to the dinner suit's American name, the 'tuxedo'. |
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| Accession number | T.440:1 to 3-1996 |
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| Record created | August 28, 2003 |
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