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2022.27.2
Title
Tuff as Steel Tweed Waistcoat
Date(s)
- 1950-1959 (Creation)
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Waistcoat in a heavy herringbone brown wool tweed with with cotton lining. The waistcoat has a deep V neckline with three welted pockets; two at the waist and one at the left chest. It fastens with five brown plastic buttons. The waistcoat is made from a brown Derby Tweed, the pattern of which has the look of a broken herringbone with a wide orange pinstripe. It is lined in cream cotton. The back of the waistcoat is a khaki twill cotton with two long tabs at the waist that adjust via a metal buckle.
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Label: The Famous / Tuff-as-Steel / Derby Tweed / 2068 / 40 / No: 1979/83
Materials: wool, cotton, plastic
Measurements: 42cm [Chest]
Details: Cotton lining, plastic buttons
Physical Condition: Staining to the lining, metal buckle is corroded
Materials: wool, cotton, plastic
Measurements: 42cm [Chest]
Details: Cotton lining, plastic buttons
Physical Condition: Staining to the lining, metal buckle is corroded
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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.