Singlet
John Smedley
Category
Costume
Date
1940
Materials
Wool
Place of origin
United Kingdom
Order this imageCollection
Killerton, Devon
NT 1362595
Summary
Vest; Singlet - Machine knitted cream wool singlet with round neck, short sleeves. Label 'Smedleys. Pure Wool. Made in Great Britain'. Mosts vests of this period had a centre front fastening with buttons however, Smedleys were advertising the 'pullvest' with a V neck and no buttons. By 1948 the vest or singlet was being advertised with low round neckline and sleeves in most makes', page 163 Cunnington's History of Underclothes. 1940 (circa)
Marks and inscriptions
Smedleys. Pure Wool. Made in Great Britain (label)
Makers and roles
John Smedley , maker