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The designer stated that he intended it to be worn over a discreetly checked blouse at the races. Mrs Holt's extensive wardrobe of fashionable dress donated to the Museum ranges from the 1930s to the 1970s. Over 100 items - day and evening wear together with accessories - represent her acquired taste. Mrs Holt bought her clothes in London, Paris and New York, and the collection features works by many famous designers, including Dior, Balenciaga and Givenchy.","physicalDescription":"Chesterfield skirt suit consisting of a jacket and skirt in Donegal tweed with scarf.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Digby Morton","id":"A2306"},"association":{"text":"designer","id":"AAT25190"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"tweed","id":"x36848"},{"text":"velvet","id":"AAT133711"},{"text":"crepe de chine","id":"x35464"},{"text":"plastic","id":"AAT14570"}],"techniques":[{"text":"weaving","id":"AAT53642"},{"text":"sewing","id":"AAT53658"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Tweed lined with silk velvet and half-lining of crêpe de Chine, plastic","categories":[{"text":"Fashion","id":"THES48957"},{"text":"Womenswear","id":"THES49044"},{"text":"Accessories","id":"THES48998"},{"text":"Europeana Fashion Project","id":"THES265804"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"T&F","id":"THES48601"},"images":["2006AV6241"],"imageResolution":"low","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"010","id":"THES307856"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""},{"current":{"text":"010","id":"THES307856"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""},{"current":{"text":"010","id":"THES307856"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Jacket","id":""}],[{"text":"Skirt","id":""}],[{"text":"Scarf","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"London","id":"x28980"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1954","earliest":"1949-01-01","latest":"1958-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by Mrs D.M. Haynes and Mrs M. Clark","dimensions":[],"dimensionsNote":"Approx. size 12 (English)","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Opal Holt was born in Canada in 1887 but lived in the US until the end of the Second World War.  She travelled extensively between the wars and was in the first plane to land in Bali.  She married Herbert Holt, a Canadian who lived a large part of his life in England, as her third husband in 1946.  They came to England and Europe every summer and Opal Holt began buying clothes in Paris for her life in England, and for the Bahamas in Winter, over a period of about thirty years.  She died in 1980.\r\n\r\nGiven by Mrs D.M Haynes and Mrs. Clark (nee Holt; Opal Holt's step-daughters).","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Chesterfield skirt suit consisting of a jacket and skirt in Donegal tweed with scarf, designed by Digby Morton, London, ca. 1954","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"de la Haye, A., 'Material Evidence' in Wilcox, C., ed., <i>The Golden Age of Couture: Paris and London 1947-1957</i> (V&A Publications: 2007), p.94 & pl.4.4"}],"production":"Grosvenor Hill, London","productionType":{"text":"Haute couture","id":"THES48861"},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"'Chesterfield' jacket, skirt and scarf \r\nDigby Morton (1906-83)\r\nLondon\r\nAbout 1954\r\n\r\nDigby Morton's 'Chesterfield' suit was named after the velvet-collared coats worn by the fashion-conscious Earl of Chesterfield in the 1830s and 1840s. Black-and-white checks were the height of fashion in 1954. Morton advised Mrs Holt that this ensemble was ideal to wear at the races. \r\n\r\nDonegal tweed with velvet \r\n\r\nWorn by Mrs Opal Holt and given by Mrs Haynes and Mrs Clark\r\nV&A: T.101&A, B-1982","date":{"text":"22/09/2007","earliest":"2007-09-22","latest":"2007-09-22"}}],"partNumbers":["T.101-1982","T.101A-1982","T.101B-1982"],"accessionNumberNum":"101","accessionNumberPrefix":"T","accessionYear":1982,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE","Jacket","Skirt","Scarf"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-09-06","recordCreationDate":"1999-12-15","availableToBook":true}}