Dinner jacket
Collection Overview
Black wool dinner jacket, lined in black with sleeves lined in mauve, carries a label sewn inside collar: "Bentschner and Visanska Fashionable Outfitters, Charleston, S.C." A label on an interior pocket states: "Tailored in all-wool/fabric by A.B. Kirschbaum Co., Philadelphia, New York" and provides a line for the owner's name and date.
Dates
- Creation: between 1915-1940
Creator
- A.B. Kirschbaum Co. (Organization)
- Bentschner and Visanska Fashionable Outfitters (Organization)
Language of Material
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
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Historical Note
Bentschner and Visanska was located at 252 King and 83 Hassell Streets, Charleston, South Carolina, and was owned by Julius M. Visanska.
Extent
1 item (1 dinner jacket) : black, lined in mauve ; 102 x 44 cm.
Acquisitions Information
Materials donated by Gary Towles who purchased it on E-Bay.
Source
- Towles, Gary (Donor, Person)
- Title
- Inventory of the Dinner Jacket, 1915-1940
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by: Special Collections staff; finding aid created by: Special Collections staff
- Description rules
- Dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
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