Tuxedo Jacket

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1929

GUSN

GUSN-7333

Description

Black herringbone wool; notched satin lapel; four buttons at cuffs, four pockets, one button at front; padding; shoulder pads; narrow red ribbon (flower holder?) tied at lapel through buttonhole.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dinner jackets
satin
silk (textile)
wool (textile)
Jacket
Jacket

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Pile, James (Maker)

Location of Origin

Paris, France

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.6773.4

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