TUXEDO

Description: CUTAWAY STYLE TUXEDO JACKET. OUTSIDE IS BLACK WOOL. MOCK DOUBLE BREASTED: HAS 6 BLACK WOOD BUTTONS, THAT COME TO A POINT IN THE CENTRES, AND FOUR LINES OF STITCHING TO LOOK LIKE BUTTON HOLES (BUT ARE NOT) HAS NOTCHED LAPELS THAT END IN A V-SHAPE, COLLAR IS NARROWER THAN LAPELS. LAPELS ARE LINED WITH A DIFFERENT FABRIC THAN COLLAR . THERE IS A WELT POCKET ON OUTSIDE LEFT BREAST. THERE IS ANOTHER WELT POCKET ON INSIDE RIGHT BREAST. A TAG INSIDE THIS POCKET READS "RIDPATH CASH TAILOR LETHBRIDGE, ALTA. MR. T. BURNET DATE OCT 1936". INSIDE OF JACKET IS LINED WITH BLACK SILK?, EXCEPT SLEEVES WHICH ARE LINED WITH SILVER SILK. CUFFS OF SLEEVES HAVE THREE SMALLER BUTTONS BUT SAME STYLE AS ABOVE. BUTTONS ON CUFFS DO NOT UNDO. FRONT OF JACKET IS SHORT AND V-SHAPED, AND BACK OF JACKET HAS LONG TAILS. BACK OF JACKET IS SPLIT FROM THE WAIST DOWN. ENDS OF TAILS ARE ROUNDED. THERE ARE TWO BUTTONS SAME AS ABOVE, ON BACK WAIST OF JACKET; BELOW EACH IS A NARROW PLEAT THAT RUN THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE TAIL. THERE IS A SMALL HOLE IN RIGHT SHOULDER.

History: JACKET IS NOT IN EXACT STYLE OF THE TRADITIONAL CUTAWAY COAT, BUT BASIC SHAPE IS THE SAME. DONOR IS A HIGH SCHOOL PHYS. ED. TEACHER. SHE DID DRAMA IN SCHOOLS AND LOCAL THEATRE, AND ENTIRE COLLECTION WAS GIVEN TO HER BY LOCAL PEOPLE. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON DONOR GAIL HOLLAND’S ACQUISITION, STEWARDSHIP AND GENERAL USE OF HER 1999-DONATED COLLECTION PLEASE REFER TO RECORD P19990053001. ***UPDATE: ARTIFACT INSIGHT BELOW SUBMITTED BY DONOR AND COLLECTIONS VOLUNTEER GAIL HOLLAND ON 19 APRIL 2011. “TUXEDO OR CUTAWAY REMAINED IN COLLECTION, THOUGH NOT USED IN A PRODUCTION SERVED AS A REFERENCE ITEM, IF NEEDED. NOTE THAT SIZES OF CLOTHING MADE IN EARLIER YEARS, WERE SMALLER AND SOMETIMES DID NOT FIT CURRENT ACTORS SIZES.”