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2019.197.1
Title
Grenfell Blue Jacket
Date(s)
- undated [1958-1965] (Creation)
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Dark blue short cotton jacket with turn down collar, raglan sleeves and centre zip fastening. It has two pockets with flaps at the waist and a small ticket pocket with flap on the right side. Each cuff has a tab with buttonhole and two buttons. There are also tabs with buttonholes and two buttons at each side seam near the bottom hem of the jacket. The zip tab has 'AERO' inscribed on it. There is a hanging loop in the back of the neck and the Grenfell label just below. The fabric is a very fine tight weave. Lined in the same blue fabric as the outer.
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Label: By Appointment to / Her Majesty the Queen / Manufacturers of Grenfell Cloth / Haythornthwaite & Sons Ltd / Grenfell [R] / Made in England
Measurements: Chest 42" / 107 cm
Measurements: Chest 42" / 107 cm
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Grenfell were awarded their Royal Warrant in 1958. They began making this style of short jacket in the 1930s for golf wear.