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Henri - Lloyd Waterproof Jacket

Accession Number

798.2009.7

Object Name

Henri - Lloyd Waterproof Jacket

Created

28/01/2009

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

28/01/2009

Brief Description

Orange waterproof cagoule with black nylon zip and two front pockets.

Materials

bri nylon

Dimensions

From neck 92(l) x 68(w)cms. Sleeve 55 (l) cms.

Number Of Objects

1

Inscription Description

Label inside with crown reads "HENRI-LLYOD QUALITY TAILORED GARMENT DO NOT DRY CLEAN MADE IN ENGLAND 100% BRI NYLON" and washing instructions

Colour

orange

Maker

Henri Lord

Object Production Place

England

Provenance

Henri-Lloyd is a mixture of the company’s founder members names, Henri Strzelocki and Angus Lloyd. Henri was a highly decorated Polish soldier who, having studied textiles and design in the UK after World War Two, teamed up with British businessman, Angus Lloyd, in 1963 to form their company.
Specialising in waterproof clothing, initially for sailing, they soon branched out into the great outdoors and their range of mountaineering jackets and trousers were popular in the 1970’s and 80’s. They did move from the Bri-nylon range to Gore-tex briefly when it became universally used in the 1980’s but that range seems to have died a death, with sailing apparel now the main business; the company having been sold to the Swedish firm,Aligro, in 2018.
The jacket we have here in the collection would appear to date from around 1980 and whilst the outer is Bri-nylon, there appears to be some sort of rubberized lining which did little more than make the wearer sweat more!

Acquisition Method

Donated by David Wrigglesworth on behalf of the late Harry Hilton

Acquisition Date

27/01/2009

Condition Check Date

28/04/2009

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

28/04/2009

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