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2020.90.2
Title
Tuff as Steel Tweed Three Piece Suit - Waistcoat
Date(s)
- nd [1950-1959] (Creation)
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1
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Waistcoat from three piece wool tweed workwear suit with cotton lining. The wool tweed is dark grey herringbone twill with widely set one thread stripes in red and green. The waistcoat has pointed fronts and deep V neckline with three welted angled pockets - two at the waist and one at the left chest. It fastens with five black plastic buttons. The back of the waistcoat is dark grey twill cotton with two long tabs at the waist for adjustment by a metal buckle (corroded). It is lined in cream cotton with staining and soiling.
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Materials: wool, cotton, plastic
Measurements:
Chest - 20 inches
Length - 23 inches
Measurements:
Chest - 20 inches
Length - 23 inches
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In Object File:
Paper label found in outside chest pocket of jacket: THE LINDEN [shield and knight wearing armour mounted on a horse holding a lance] / THE FAMOUS / TUFF-AS-STEEL / DERBY TWEED / 40 ORDER 1781 / NO. 1976/83
Metal rivets found in lower waistcoat pocket of the waistcoat.
Paper label found in outside chest pocket of jacket: THE LINDEN [shield and knight wearing armour mounted on a horse holding a lance] / THE FAMOUS / TUFF-AS-STEEL / DERBY TWEED / 40 ORDER 1781 / NO. 1976/83
Metal rivets found in lower waistcoat pocket of the waistcoat.