BROWN & CREAM TWEEDY GLEN PLAID 1920'S VINTAGE MEN'S THREE BUTTON SUIT - BUTTON FLY TROUSERS - 1925 - 42R0
STYLIZED 20's vintage two piece, three button single breasted bespoke suit. Brown and cream mix with traces of red and green, tweedy glen plaid tightly woven wool. Medium stylized high peak lapels. Angled rounded patch pocket at chest. Two rounded patch pockets lower. No vent back. 3 buttons at cuffs. Original matched horn buttons throughout. Gray rayon jacquard half lining & facings. Flat front button-fly trousers with vegetable ivory buttons. Continuous waist. Inseam wide belt sheaths. Bound coin pocket below right front waist edge. Side seam pockets. Sculpted button flap left hip pocket, bound right hip pocket. Button tab at inside fly. Stripe cotton waist facing, as well as sleeve linings. Mix & match vegetable ivory & celluloid tailor's suspender buttons. Fine tailoring and exceptional precision construction.
Label:
"JOHN A. MATHESON, Denver" (Dated 8/31/25)
(Mr. Matheson was a tailor in Denver beginning in the late 1800's with a shop located at 1419 California St.)
Approximate Measurements: Jacket
Chest - 44"
Shoulder, measured from seam to seam across back yoke - 18 1/2"
Sleeve, measured from seam to cuff edge - 25 3/4"
Center back length, measured from collar fold to hem edge - 30 1/2" Trousers
Waist - 38"
Inseam length - 29"
Out-seam length - 41"
Cuff - 1 1/2"
Hem - 1"
Width at bottom edge - 8 1/2"
Condition:
EXCELLENT condition! Jacket: Shows only slight wear and minor small shadow soil mark at left cuff. Pants: Show slight wear, age discoloration and light soil marks at facings. Remarkable condition considering it's 90 years!
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