Suits - Pre 1920

[Papperskatt]

Various suits... 1800s to cirka 1910.

 

[Papperskatt]

That one is coming to southern California.

Thanks for the update. Please let me know if it would be available for sale again sometime in the future.

 

[herringbonekid]

did anyone here buy this suit ?

 

[Papperskatt]

did anyone here buy this suit ?

I don't think so, but I'd love to be proven wrong and get to see some new pictures of it.

 

[simonc]

Ezra Pound

Waterford Bike Club Ireland 1897

 

[Flat Foot Floey]

Nice pics. Looks like the original tweed run
The Ezra Pound portrait is by Man Ray and dated 1923

 

[simonc]

Ha, re: Ezra pic who knows his suit may not be brand new, knowing his work it most certainly wasn't.

 

[simonc]

German farmers 1914

 

[Papperskatt]

Some more, in my opinion, quite interesting suits.

 

[herringbonekid]

Papperskatt,
do you wear this style of suit yourself, with the top-button-only fastened ?

 

[Papperskatt]

Papperskatt,
do you wear this style of suit yourself, with the top-button-only fastened ?

Yes I do.

Or at least sometimes, seeing as I don't own that many pieces (yet ). I have one tweed jacket from Old Town (used to be a suit, but someone stole the trousers...) that I use pretty much every day during the winter, and of course the old "kaiser Wilhelm II" suit that I bought from Fastuni. I also have a 4 button cotton jacket from H&M in a semi-Edwardian style that I sometimes wear during the summer.

 

[DamianM]

a very early piece, summer weight mohair blend
I have it in the classifieds as well

 

[herringbonekid]

1919-21 ish, big turn ups:

 

[Papperskatt]

a very early piece, summer weight mohair blend
I have it in the classifieds as well

A Victorian/Edwardian jacket with peak lapels sure is rare; these two are the only pictures that I have in my archive.

 

[herringbonekid]

Kuppenheimer 1919:

 

[DamianM]

A Victorian/Edwardian jacket with peak lapels sure is rare; these two are the only pictures that I have in my archive.

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Very rare, then atop that, 3 patch pockets!

 

[Papperskatt]

I picked up this suit in a antique store in Stockholm a couple of days ago. It has no markings whatsoever but it's screaming early teens to me.

It's in pristine condition and was reasonably priced so I decided to buy it, even though it's black and the shoulders might be a touch wider than I'd prefer. I wish that it had peak lapels but I guess that beggars can't be choosers...



Fancy buttons and linings.



Cool hidden pocket in the jacket lining.



The waistcoat and trousers have been let out beyond their maximum point by adding more fabric. I'm gonna have to take them in again.



What do you guys think, am I way off or might it be from ~1912?

 

[Fastuni]

Splendid find! Love all those details.

A photo of the jacket on the body/puppet would be good to see the silhouette... to me at least it looks rather mid-20's.

 

[Two Types]

I like the three pocket waistcoat. Nice suit. The fancy buttons make me think it would be early, but i don't know much about suits from that period.

 

[Papperskatt]

Thanks. I'll try to get a body shot. The jacket have extremely sloping shoulder seams that I forgot to photograph.

I'm mainly basing my ~1912 date on these two quite similar suits that I've posted before. (And also Qirrels suit from 1912)