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Montague Burton Three Piece Suit - Jacket
2017.081.1 · Item · 1930-1935
Part of Westminster Menswear Archive
Black wool single-breasted three-button lounge jacket with peak lapels, crafted from twill serge as part of a three-piece suit. It features one slanted breast pocket and two hip pockets with deep flaps. The cuffs have three buttons with a sham vent. The jacket is lined in black cotton sateen, while the sleeves are lined in cream striped cotton. A Montague Burton label is sewn into the lining of the breast pocket, with a factory label inside the pocket. The jacket is made-to-measure, likely produced in the Burton factory on Hudson Road, Leeds, in the north of England.
Country of Design: England
Country of Manufacture: England
Keywords: Formal day wear Montague Burton Ltd
Montague Burton Three Piece Suit - Waistcoat
2017.081.2 · Item · 1930s
Part of Westminster Menswear Archive
Black wool single breasted vest or waistcoat - part of a three-piece suit. It has a v-neck and fastens down the front with six black buttons. It has four slanted pockets - two chest and two at waist. The fronts were pointed but have been altered by taking up the points to the underside and stitching. The back is made of black cotton sateen and has a back strap with a black japanned two prong metal buckle with 'BRITISH' embossed into it. It is lined in cream striped cotton. There is a factory label on the inside of the left top pocket.
Country of Design: England
Country of Manufacture: England
Keywords: Formal day wear Montague Burton Ltd
Montague Burton Three Piece Suit - Trousers
2017.081.3 · Item · 1930s
Part of Westminster Menswear Archive
Black wool trousers with a white pinstripe - part of a three-piece suit. The trousers have a high waist with two pleats either side of the button fly fastening. The trouser cuffs are permanent turn-ups. Two vertical pocket openings in the side seams and one pocket on the left rear with a flap which closes with one button. It has 8 black buttons on the waist band for braces, all of which are engraved 'MONTAGUE BURTON'. The pocket linings and inside waistband lining are white cotton.
Country of Design: England
Country of Manufacture: England
Keywords: Formal day wear Montague Burton Ltd
Burton Flecked Tweed Coat
2017.184 · Item · 1973-1977
Part of Westminster Menswear Archive
Grey, green and white flecked wool tweed double breasted short coat. It fastens centre front with six grey plastic buttons and three buttonholes, with one hidden button and buttonhole. The coat has a turn down collar and lapels, back centre vent and two slightly angled vertical insert hip pockets at the front. It is half lined in black viscose and half lined in a red knit fabric. The pockets are lined in cream cotton flannel. It has a label for 'Burton' in cream on brown. In pocket was a original factory order label.
Country of Design: England
Country of Manufacture: England Burton