Vintage (1940s) Mid-Century Men's Tailoring Catalog - Silvertex.
Original. The Silvertex portfolio of All-American Favorites. Functioned as a commercial re-order stock service catalog for retail stores, allowing clothiers to order specific suits, fabrics, and sizes directly from the manufacturer to replenish their inventory. Fabric swatches inside that merchants could present to customers. Cover Art : Design features background sketches of various popular American pastimes - including golfing, boxing, horse racing, and football - to reinforce the “All-American Favorites” theme.
Spiral-Bound. Distress + discoloration to cover. Foxing Present. Discoloration to pages. Prices written in ink inside on swatch sample pages. Silvertex Clothes, known for mid-century American tailored menswear. Circa late 1940s to early 1950s, indicated by the classic illustration styles, fedora hat, wide-lapel suit geometry, and typographic design. Vintage Advertising. Fashion History. Theatrical Costume Design.
Measurements : 13.75” x 11”
Price Includes Shipping.
Vintage (1940s) Mid-Century Men's Tailoring Catalog - Silvertex.
Original. The Silvertex portfolio of All-American Favorites. Functioned as a commercial re-order stock service catalog for retail stores, allowing clothiers to order specific suits, fabrics, and sizes directly from the manufacturer to replenish their inventory. Fabric swatches inside that merchants could present to customers. Cover Art : Design features background sketches of various popular American pastimes - including golfing, boxing, horse racing, and football - to reinforce the “All-American Favorites” theme.
Spiral-Bound. Distress + discoloration to cover. Foxing Present. Discoloration to pages. Prices written in ink inside on swatch sample pages. Silvertex Clothes, known for mid-century American tailored menswear. Circa late 1940s to early 1950s, indicated by the classic illustration styles, fedora hat, wide-lapel suit geometry, and typographic design. Vintage Advertising. Fashion History. Theatrical Costume Design.
Measurements : 13.75” x 11”
Price Includes Shipping.
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