Item 2016.018 - British Army Foot Guards Cape with Queen's Royal Regimental Buttons

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2016.018

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British Army Foot Guards Cape with Queen's Royal Regimental Buttons

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  • 1966-1992 (Creation)

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British Army

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Westminster Menswear Archive

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Cape made of 'Atholl' grey wool. Fastens with four 'Staybrite' anodised aluminium regimental buttons decorated with the insignia of the Queen's Royal Regiment (a Paschal Lamb supporting a flag, standing on a bar and inside the Garter Star). The buttons are removable and fasten with a clip on the underside, on the reverse they are back marked 'S & W LTD B'HAM'.
Country of Design: United Kingdom

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      Wool
      Colour/Print: Atholl grey
      Buttons: Staybrite anodised aluminium

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      The colour 'Atholl' grey was reportedly introduced by the 4th Duke of Atholl for the uniforms of his foresters in the late 1700s on his estate in Perthshire, Scotland (A. Grimble, The Deer Forests of Scotland (London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1896, p. 203).
      The colour was adopted by the British Army in 1902-1903 for great coats and capes of Foots Guards officers.

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      Invisible Men exhibition label:

      BRITISH ARMY CAPE
      1966-1992
      Maker unknown

      This knuckle-length cape features Staybrite anodised aluminium buttons of the Queen’s Regiment (1966-1992). The distinctive grey wool is known as ‘Atholl grey’ after its use from the late 1700s for workers on the estate of the Dukes of Atholl in Perthshire, Scotland. The colour was adopted after 1902 by the British Army for the greatcoats and capes of Foot Guards officers.

      Wool
      Archive no. 2016.018

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      The colour 'Atholl' grey was reportedly introduced by the 4th Duke of Atholl for the uniforms of his foresters in the late 1700s on his estate in Perthshire, Scotland (A. Grimble, The Deer Forests of Scotland (London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1896, p. 203).
      The colour was adopted by the British Army in 1902-1903 for great coats and capes of Foots Guards officers.

      Note

      Invisible Men exhibition label:

      BRITISH ARMY CAPE
      1966-1992
      Maker unknown

      This knuckle-length cape features Staybrite anodised aluminium buttons of the Queen’s Regiment (1966-1992). The distinctive grey wool is known as ‘Atholl grey’ after its use from the late 1700s for workers on the estate of the Dukes of Atholl in Perthshire, Scotland. The colour was adopted after 1902 by the British Army for the greatcoats and capes of Foot Guards officers.

      Wool
      Archive no. 2016.018

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      U.CU.GB5 - 2016

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