Suit

Department Store The Walter Bugbee Company American

1901

Not on view

This example of an early-20th century men's business suit includes such enlivening details as curved western pants pockets and double topstitching on the pants side seams, lapels, cuff seams and pockets. This suit is the earliest in the collection for which there are handwritten notations on the customer label listing the client's name and garment date.

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Exhibition History

Title: Suit
Department Store: The Walter Bugbee Company (American)
Date: 1901
Culture: American
Medium: wool, silk
Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. Robert S. Kilborne, 1958
Object Number: 2009.300.830a–c
Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute

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