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Riding habit

Riding habit
 1948

Medium
wool (twill), silk (lining), plastic (buttons)
Measurements
(a) 69.8 cm (centre back) 60.0 cm (sleeve length) (jacket)
(b) 104.5 cm (outer leg) 36.5 cm (waist, flat) (jodphurs)
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Inscription
(a) label, inside centre back neckline, woven in brown on cream silk: HERMÈS / DEAUVILLE – CANNES – PARIS – VIARRITZ – VITTEL
label, inside centre back neckline, reverse of primary label, handwritten in black ink on white cotton tape: Bas de Plumetot 15483
(b) label, inside centre back waistline, woven in black on white silk: HERMÈS – PARIS
label, inside centre back waistline, reverse of primary label, handwritten in black ink on white cotton tape: Le Bas de Plumetot 5423
Accession Number
D60.a-b-1972
Department
International Fashion and Textiles
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1972
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
(a) Brown twill. Single breasted, three buttoned jacket. Darted and shaped at the waist, flaring out at the hips, a vent at the back. One pocket each side below the waistline. Sleeves haves two buttons at the wrist. Lining embossed with Hermès logo. (b) Fawn twill. The waist is fastened with a zip and buttons at each side. Fine chamois leather is stitched inside the legs of knee level, the legs of the jodhpurs are finished with a cuff.