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2022.27.1
Title
Tuff as Steel Tweed Jacket
Date(s)
- 1950-1959 (Creation)
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1
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Single breasted jacket in a heavy duty herringbone brown wool tweed. Jacket fastens at the front via three brown, plastic buttons and is without a back vent. Jacket has a welted breast pocket and two flapped pockets at the hips. On the inside, there is a jetted chest pocket to the right side; a smaller jetted chest pocket to the left side; and a large jetted pocket with button closure beneath it at waist level. The label is sewn to the right inner pocket. The jacket is made from a brown Derby Tweed, the pattern of which has the look of a broken herringbone with a wide orange pinstripe. The lining of the jacket is in a khaki coloured cotton.
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Label: The / Famous / TUFF-AS-STEEL / Good Service Tweed
Materials: wool, cotton, plastic
Measurements: 53cm [Chest], 73cm [Length], 65cm [Arm]
Details: Single breasted, flap pockets
Physical Condition: Generally good, some staining to the lining
Materials: wool, cotton, plastic
Measurements: 53cm [Chest], 73cm [Length], 65cm [Arm]
Details: Single breasted, flap pockets
Physical Condition: Generally good, some staining to the lining
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Original cardboard labels are in the Object File.
Worn by the donor to Lytham Saint Annes 1940s Wartime Weekend in August 2019.