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Maker(s):Brooks Brothers
Culture:textile: Irish; garment: American (c.1818-)
Title:suit: coat and trousers
Date Made:1945-1955
Type:clothing
Materials:textile: white, plain weave linen
Place Made:textile: Ireland; garment: United States
Measurements:Center Back - CB: 29 in; 73.7 cm
Accession Number:  HD 2019.29.3
Credit Line:Gift of William and Suzanne Flynt
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
Two-piece white linen suit (coat and trousers) worn by Henry Needham Flynt (1893-1970) during the late 1940s or early 1950s. Henry, along with his wife Helen Geier Flynt (1895-1986), founded the Heritage Foundation, later Historic Deerfield, in 1952. The unlined summer suit, which contains two labels inside the jacket: "Brooks Brothers" and “IMPORTED IRISH LINEN” was probably custom made for Flynt at the storied menswear firm in New York City from imported Irish linen.
Jacket, OL, CB: 29”; trousers outside side seam: 40”

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