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Burgundy Navy Tweed Overcoat with Silk Lining
1960s · 1960s · British
Designer
Billings & Edmonds
Production
ready-to-wear
Material
wool tweed
Culture
British
Movement
Space Age
Influences
traditional British paisley · Victorian textile patterns
This textile displays an intricate paisley pattern woven in rich burgundy, navy, and cream tones with gold accents. The design features large teardrop-shaped paisley motifs arranged in regular rows, each filled with detailed geometric and floral elements. The weave appears to be a complex jacquard construction typical of high-quality wool tweed suiting fabrics. Small scattered floral elements fill the spaces between the main paisley forms. The pattern density and sophisticated color palette suggest this was used for a luxury men's overcoat, reflecting the continued appreciation for traditional British textile craftsmanship during the 1960s despite the era's modernist trends.
coatregular fitknee length
Connected To
Worn with·suit jacketWorn with·trousers
SHARED70 years · cross-culture · cross-category
That cream silk waistcoat's six-button front and deep V-neck cut a clean line through the fussy excess of fin de siècle menswear, while the paisley-lined overcoat seventy years later carries the same disciplined tailoring DNA — both garments using rich contrast (brown piping there, burgundy paisley here) as punctuation rather than decoration.
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