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Department Store C.F. Johns & Pegg
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This finely tailored English suit features pant legs with a rubber lining; such rain-proofing indicates the suit was worn for outdoor activity. By 1925, knickers were worn exclusively for a variety of sporting activities including golf, bird watching, hunting, and hiking.
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Title: Suit
Department Store:
C.F. Johns & Pegg
Date: 1925
Culture: British
Medium: wool, rubber
Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Stanley Mortimer, 1974
Object Number: 2009.300.960a, b
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