Medium: Wool herringbone twill

Date: 1937

Country: Austria

Credit: Gift of Francis Knize

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.

Object Number: 2000.14.2