Baron Kurtz
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Well, next up to the chopping block is this beautiful tweed sportscoat from the Carson Pirie Scott company in Chicago. These guys were really high end in their day. This one has some storage dust that needs to be cleaned off, but it's just surface dirt and cleans up easy - the other stuff i've sold from this estate had the same dirt, and it all cleaned. Here're the measurements:
Chest: ~22.5-23"
Waist: ~20"
Shoulders: ~19"
Length: ~31.25"
Arm: ~25.5"
3 button front SB notch lapel, seems to like to roll from the waist button. Patch pockets at the hips and on the right chest. As you can see from the pics, it is a large-scale herringbone pattern with white and dark brown flecking. Strangely for the era it has a vent in back, but images from this era often show this as a feature of sports coats. But the most remarkable thing about this one is the fabric. Amazingly soft for the era. Most wool from 30s/40s jackets is hard and scratchy - not this stuff. Plush and soft. Really beautiful.
Front, back, and side views:
It has this great feature at the lapel (can't remember what it's called). A flap of fabric with a buttonhole that can be worn out like this:
Or tucked away out of sight like this:
And how do we manage it? Well, there's a button on the underside of the collar to which this flap fastens to either tuck it away (left), or you can fasten it over to the other side of the collar in bad weather (right). Mostly on modern jackets these things are non-functional. This one is fully functional:
Skeleton lined in peach-coloured satin:
As always, PM me for pricing etc. First come, first served, though one member (you know who you are) does have first refusal on this one. Don't let this deter you, there's no guarantee that he wants it.
bk
Chest: ~22.5-23"
Waist: ~20"
Shoulders: ~19"
Length: ~31.25"
Arm: ~25.5"
3 button front SB notch lapel, seems to like to roll from the waist button. Patch pockets at the hips and on the right chest. As you can see from the pics, it is a large-scale herringbone pattern with white and dark brown flecking. Strangely for the era it has a vent in back, but images from this era often show this as a feature of sports coats. But the most remarkable thing about this one is the fabric. Amazingly soft for the era. Most wool from 30s/40s jackets is hard and scratchy - not this stuff. Plush and soft. Really beautiful.
Front, back, and side views:
It has this great feature at the lapel (can't remember what it's called). A flap of fabric with a buttonhole that can be worn out like this:
Or tucked away out of sight like this:
And how do we manage it? Well, there's a button on the underside of the collar to which this flap fastens to either tuck it away (left), or you can fasten it over to the other side of the collar in bad weather (right). Mostly on modern jackets these things are non-functional. This one is fully functional:
Skeleton lined in peach-coloured satin:
As always, PM me for pricing etc. First come, first served, though one member (you know who you are) does have first refusal on this one. Don't let this deter you, there's no guarantee that he wants it.
bk
