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Smoking Jacket
Smoking Jacket

Smoking Jacket

RetailerSold by Brooks Brothers American
Date1950-1960
MediumMachine-stitched rayon, and possibly silk and cotton
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (jacket length x width across shoulders): 30 1/4 x 18 3/4in. (76.8 x 47.6cm)
ClassificationsCostume
Credit LineGift of Judy Wawro
DescriptionMan's smoking jacket of burgundy cotton velvet, with a shawl collar of black faille (ribbed weave fabric, possibly of a synthetic fiber). The jacket has a welted breast pocket on the proper left side and a pocket over each hip in front. The jacket fastens with a single button at the base of the shawl collar; the button is covered in the black faille. The two-piece sleeves end in turned-back cuffs of the black faille, with curved notches at the outside of the wrist. The jacket is vented for 9 1/2 inches at the lower center back; it is lined with red rayon satin. There is satin ribbon loop stitched at the back of the neck for hanging.
Object number1998.63.1
MarkingsWoven tape label at the back of the neck, white on black: "BROOKS BROTHERS / NEW YORK."
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