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T. Hodgkinson, shirtmaker

Shirt worn by Francis J. Carolan, ca. 1900

Description

Maker

  • T. Hodgkinson, ca. 1875-1925, English, shirtmaker

Culture

English

Title

Shirt worn by Francis J. Carolan

Year

ca. 1900

Medium

Monogrammed cotton plain weave, cotton novelty weave, and silk novelty weave

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • cotton

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Embroidered number and initials F.J.C.

Type

  • Fashion,
  • Costume

Credit

Anonymous gift

Object Number

82.053.1

Projects & Publications

Publications

Artist Rebel Dandy

Men of Fashion

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Artist, Rebel, Dandy

April 26 - August 18, 2013

Relatively unknwon today, the devonaire Francis J. Carolan was often discussed at the turn-of-the century in the same breath as industrialist Henry C. Frick and other dandy elites. Carolan was part of the fashionable set in San Francisco, where high-end shops procured shirts like these, crafted on London Pall Mall street, for the nouveau riche. Carolan's taste for sumptuous fabrics was reported in The Sunday Oregonian on August 1, 1909: "These haberdasher artists whisper softly that Francis J. Carolan is especially fastidious about this part of his clothing," "this part" here referring to his silk underwear. As evidenced by this suite of richly patterned and tinted cotton and silk shirts, Carolan did not shy from the bolder side of the dandy spectrum.

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