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2017.273.1
Title
Green Howards Officers Mess Kit - Jacket
Date(s)
- 1975 (Creation)
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1
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Red wool facecloth short jacket with green wool facecloth long shawl collar, epaulettes and pointed cuffs. It has two goldwork embroidered badges sewn on to the middle of each collar with the emblem of the Green Howards and '1875'. On the right sleeve just above the green cuff point is a circular goldwork embroidered badge of the Royal Coat of Arms. There are four silver coloured metal buttons embossed with the Green Howards emblem on the right side below the collar and four sham buttonholes on the left side. Each cuff has two of the same buttons. It is lined in red rayon with lines of quilting radiating around the armholes and covering the inside front panel. The sleeves are lined in cream rayon satin. There is a pocket on the inside left lining which contains the tailors label with client and date.
Country of Design: United Kingdom
Country of Manufacture: England
Keywords: Military uniform, ceremonial dress, mess dress, full dress
Country of Design: United Kingdom
Country of Manufacture: England
Keywords: Military uniform, ceremonial dress, mess dress, full dress
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Wool, cotton
Colour/Print: Red, green, cream
Details: Shawl collar, goldwork embroidery, badges
Label: Tailored by / Alkit / Cambridge Circus WC2 / And in the Provinces / Especially For / K. Graham / R.40098 / 5.3.75
Colour/Print: Red, green, cream
Details: Shawl collar, goldwork embroidery, badges
Label: Tailored by / Alkit / Cambridge Circus WC2 / And in the Provinces / Especially For / K. Graham / R.40098 / 5.3.75
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Invisible Men exhibition label:
GREEN HOWARDS OFFICERS MESS UNIFORM
Alkit and maker unknown
1975 and 1850-1900
From at least the 1700s British Army uniform has been associated with the colour red. Mess dress, a form of formal uniform, first appeared around 1845, and this jacket is a descendant of that tradition. The green facing – the collar, epaulettes and cuffs – identify the regiment of the officer. The Green Howards were an infantry regiment first raised in 1688 and this waistcoat probably dates to the mid-1800s.
Wool, cotton
Archive no. 2017.273.1 and 2017.273.2