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Reference code
2022.40.3
Title
H.H. Wagstaff Dress Shirt with Pique Front
Date(s)
- 1939 (Creation)
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Item
Extent and medium
1
Context area
Name of creator
(1894)
Administrative history
Shop opened 56/8 Kings Road, London in 1894. They stayed at this address until 1929 when the row of shops was pulled down and became a Sainsburys. H.H. Wagstaff's remained on the Kings Road, trading in a different location.
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Long sleeved, cotton dress / evening shirt. Pulling on over the head, it has a neckband collar to which a detachable collar could be fitted via worked stud holes on neck band [two at front and one stud hole in at back of neck]. A further two studs would have fastened through the buttonholes on the placket beneath the collar [vertical buttonhole on the left, horizontal on the right]. The stiffened cuffs of the sleeves would also have fastened via studs or cufflinks. The shirt has stiffened, piqued, rounded, bib front and two pleats that lead from this bib to the hem. The shirt is long in length so it remains securely tucked in. The hemline is longer at the back than at the front and there are splits at either side seam.
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Label: H.H Wagstaff / Hosier and Shirt Maker / London / 1939 [Handwritten] / G Haskisson [Handwritten]
Measurements: 52cm [Chest]; 90cm [Length]
Materials: Cotton
Details: Long Length; Stiffened Front
Physical Condition: Some discolouration around neck
Measurements: 52cm [Chest]; 90cm [Length]
Materials: Cotton
Details: Long Length; Stiffened Front
Physical Condition: Some discolouration around neck