F. Lohmann
Three-piece Suit1911

Not on view

Museum display of a complete men's suit ensemble on a white mannequin: charcoal herringbone sack coat, waistcoat, and trousers, with bowler hat, two-tone oxfords, and a wooden walking cane

Full-length mannequin display of a men's ensemble: dark charcoal three-piece suit with single-breasted jacket, striped necktie, black trousers, black bowler hat, and a light wood walking cane with pale handle.

Mannequin dressed in a dark gray three-piece suit with notched lapels, striped tie, black bowler hat, and black Oxford shoes, holding a light wood walking cane with a gold-toned handle.

Close-up detail photograph of a dark charcoal wool suit jacket, showing the front panel with two welt pockets and fine white pinstripe pattern on a twill weave.

Maker: F. Lohmann
England, active early 20th century
Title: Three-piece Suit
Place Made: England, London
Date Made: 1911
Medium: Wool twill
Dimensions: a) Center back length: 31 1/8 in. (79.06 cm); b) Center back length: 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm); c) Inseam: 29 3/8 in. (74.61 cm); c) Side length: 41 1/4 in. (104.78 cm)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Michael and Ellen Michelson
Accession Number: M.2010.33.11a-c
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Costume and Textiles
Curatorial Notes: The gray, pinstriped, made-to-measure lounge suit was the uniform of the Edwardian businessman, and it has remained a menswear staple ever since, with only slight changes in cut. Its numerous pockets made it as practical as it was comfortable. There are four in this vest, three in the trousers, and five in the jacket, one of them containing the tailor’s label inscribed with the date and the name of the owner, “D. R. Home Esq.”
Selected Bibliography: Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: Deux Siècles de Mode Européenne, 1700-1915. Paris: Arts Décoratifs; Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Delmonico Books-Prestel, 2013.
Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: European Dress in Detail, 1700-1915. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Delmonico Books/Prestel, 2010.
Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: Europäische Moden, 1700-1915. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Prestel, 2012.
Takeda, Sharon Sadako, Kaye Durland Spilker, and Clarrisa M. Esguerra. Reigning Men: Fashion in Menswear, 1715-2015. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich: DelMonico Books-Prestel, 2016.

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F. Lohmann
Three-piece Suit1911

Not on view

Maker: F. Lohmann
England, active early 20th century
Title: Three-piece Suit
Place Made: England, London
Date Made: 1911
Medium: Wool twill
Dimensions: a) Center back length: 31 1/8 in. (79.06 cm); b) Center back length: 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm); c) Inseam: 29 3/8 in. (74.61 cm); c) Side length: 41 1/4 in. (104.78 cm)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Michael and Ellen Michelson
Accession Number: M.2010.33.11a-c
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Costume and Textiles
Curatorial Notes: The gray, pinstriped, made-to-measure lounge suit was the uniform of the Edwardian businessman, and it has remained a menswear staple ever since, with only slight changes in cut. Its numerous pockets made it as practical as it was comfortable. There are four in this vest, three in the trousers, and five in the jacket, one of them containing the tailor’s label inscribed with the date and the name of the owner, “D. R. Home Esq.”
Selected Bibliography: Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: Deux Siècles de Mode Européenne, 1700-1915. Paris: Arts Décoratifs; Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Delmonico Books-Prestel, 2013.
Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: European Dress in Detail, 1700-1915. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Delmonico Books/Prestel, 2010.
Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: Europäische Moden, 1700-1915. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Prestel, 2012.
Takeda, Sharon Sadako, Kaye Durland Spilker, and Clarrisa M. Esguerra. Reigning Men: Fashion in Menswear, 1715-2015. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich: DelMonico Books-Prestel, 2016.