Tie
Category
Costume
Date
1980 - 2000
Materials
Silk
Measurements
1412 mm (Length)
Collection
575 Wandsworth Road, London
NT 1540888
Summary
A man’s tie of silk twill. Decorated with a design of intersecting rosettes in grey/blue on a cream ground. The tie is hand-stitched and has a manufacturer’s label which reads ‘Etheridge & Glasspool Ltd.’.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Khadambi Asalache upon his death in 2006; acquired fully in November 2010.
Marks and inscriptions
Underside: “Made expressly for / Etheridge & Glasspool Ltd. / 5 TOTHILL STREET / WESTMINSTER, S.W.1” – printed in black on a cream fabric label. Underside: “ALL SILK / HAND MADE / IN ENGLAND” machine embroidered in gold on black.