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COLEM:1970.157.1.

Colchester Collections

jacket, tailcoat

Tailcoat of black woollen cloth, part of a three piece morning suit with a pair of spats. Label in inside right breast pocket 'Farquhar and Smith, Old English Tailors, 3 Gt Russell St, London, WC1' - 'W.R. Hereford / 2.11.1922 / Fol 4223' written on in pen.1922. Black woollen cloth & turn down collar and lapel with revers, with a button hole on left hand side & full length sleeves with three black synthetic buttons on the cuffs & centre front fastening with two joined buttons, so that jacket edges touch & slopes gently from centre waist to back tails & left breast pocket & back has centre slit two buttons at the top & two inside breast pockets & jacket lined in black silk, tails lined with black silk and sleeves lined with checked cotton.

1922

Interwar

length: 930.00 mm

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