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Perfectos Jacket

Accession Number

1320.2016.1

Object Name

Perfectos Jacket

Created

11/05/2016

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

23/05/2016

Brief Description

Perfectos zipped waterproof jacket with detachable hood. Two buttoned pockets outside and one zipped pocket inside. Studded side vents.Nylon front zip.

Materials

nylon, cotton

Dimensions

86(L) x 62(W) cms

Number Of Objects

1

Inscription Description

On inside label " PERFECTOS MADE IN SCOTLAND WATERPROOF AND PROTECTIVE CLOTHING PERFORMANCE GUARANTEED FRIOCKHEIM, ANGUS, SCOTLAND" and laundry instructions

Colour

blue,grey, tartan

Maker

Douglas Fraser & Sons (Manufacturing) Ltd.

Object Production Place

Friockheim, Angus, Scotland

Provenance

Douglas Fraser & Sons were actually an engineering company based in Arbroath, but one of the Frasers, Keith, set up a small textile company along the road at Friockheim in the 1960’s when the original company was sold.
Perfectos was a range of outdoor clothing produced by the Frasers until they went out of business in the 1980’s. It was good, robust clothing with a healthy market, certainly in Scotland, but as with many clothing companies from that era, the Gore-Tex revolution eclipsed them.
Our donator, Bruce McCullough, bought the jacket in 1988 - “My Perfectos jacket served me magnificiently from 1988 until recently”
Recently was in 2020 when Bruce passed it on to us after 32 years loyal service.

Acquisition Method

Donated by Bruce McCullough

Acquisition Date

11/05/2016

Condition

Fair

Condition Check Date

11/02/2020

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

23/05/2016

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