Suit

The Walter Bugbee Company

1901 · wool, silk · Costume Institute

This example of an early-20th century men's business suit includes such enlivening details as curved western pants pockets and double topstitching on the pants side seams, lapels, cuff seams and pockets. This suit is the earliest in the collection for which there are handwritten notations on the customer label listing the client's name and garment date.

Artist

The Walter Bugbee Company

Date

1901

Medium

wool, silk

Culture

American

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. Robert S. Kilborne, 1958