Item 2021.43.1 - Gilbert Saddler Jockey's Racing Jacket

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2021.43.1

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Gilbert Saddler Jockey's Racing Jacket

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  • undated [1890-1910] (Creation)

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Gilbert Saddler
(1880s-11972)

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Ducker Gilbert (1854–1930) was a saddler in Newmarket, Cambridgeshire and appears in the 1888 Kelly’s Directory as a saddler and harness maker on the High Street of the town. His oldest son, William Ducker Gilbert (1884–1963) was also trained as a saddler. At one point the company was said to have held a Royal Warrant. In 1963, the company, reported to have supplied racing colours and horse clothing to racing owners, trainers and jockeys for generations, was taken over by H. McCalmont, a National Hunt amateur rider.
Sources: Kelly’s Directory; UK Census, Birth and Death records;
The Times.

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Westminster Menswear Archive

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Bright green silk jacket with a stand collar and self-covered buttons. The design features circular appliqués, created by cutting around a paper template, which was placed between the outer circle and the jacket's body before being hand-stitched down.

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      From Inside the Westminster Menswear Archive:

      JOCKEY’S RACING JACKET
      D. Gilbert & Son
      1890s
      Racing colours consist of three components: the jacket, the sleeves and the cap; their primary purpose is to assist horse race judges. Only simple designs such as hoops, stripes, chevrons, halves, quarters, sashes, diamonds, spots and checks are allowed. The circles on this shirt were
      created by cutting around a paper template, which was then sandwiched between the outer circle and the shirt’s body before being hand-stitched down. Racing colours were first used in the mid-eighteenth century and were originally registered with the Jockey Club, who regulated their use to
      ensure that each owner had a unique set. Today they are regulated by the British Horse Racing Authority. These colours were initially registered in 1864 by Mr W. Hudson, and then later in 1885 by Mr W.E. Brymer.
      Silk
      Archive no. 2021.43

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