Object: Man's jacket
Brand:
Knize
Retailer:
Knize
Date: 1937
Medium: Wool herringbone twill
Country: Austria
Credit Line: Gift of Francis Knize
Object number: 2000.14.2
DescriptionMen's double breasted smoking jacket in midnight blue wool herringbone twill, with shawl collar, self-covered buttons and besom pockets; custom made
Label Text:The dinner jacket, first seen in the latter years of the 19th century, was re-introduced in the 1930s in a double-breasted version, in black, midnight blue, and other colors. These jackets now followed the lines of the daywear London Lounge suit, with a fuller chest and back, broad shoulder line, suppressed waist, and close hip line.
In Collection(s)
Exhibitions:
- Exhibitionism: 50 Years of the Museum at FIT
- Elegance in an Age of Crisis: Fashions from the 1930s