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Hoar & Co.

Suit worn by W. F. Whitehouse, ca. 1910

Description

Maker

  • Hoar & Co., Indian

Title

Suit worn by W. F. Whitehouse

Year

ca. 1910

Medium

Cotton double cloth, twill weave

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • cotton

Dimensions

Center back length: 81.3 cm (32 inches) (jacket)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Hoar & Co. Bombay, India

Place

India

Type

  • Fashion,
  • Costume

Credit

Gift of the Whitehouse Estate

Object Number

58.160.6

Projects & Publications

Publications

Artist Rebel Dandy

Men of Fashion

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Artist, Rebel, Dandy

April 26 - August 18, 2013

William Fitzhugh Whitehouse (1877-1955) dressed in a manner befitting his travels to foreign territories. Both this streamlined jacket of white cotton and unlined suit of fine double-cloth cotton express Whitehouse's love of adventure and appreciation for sartorial souvenirs from his ports of call. In his 20s, Whitehouse was a pioneer of hot-air ballooning and a co-sponsor and youngest member of the Harrison-Whitehouse mapmaking expedition to "countries south of Abyssinia." On this trip, in June 1900, the party reached Bombay, India, where Whitehouse commissioned these garments from the civil and military tailors Hoar & Co.

The Far Traveler

June 29 - September 3, 2000

Related

Indian

Trousers, ca. 1910

Indian

Jacket, ca. 1910

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