Vintage French Linen Chore Jacket Type 1 Geelong a delightful work of art

a delightful work of art in itself

colour and the inimitable chalky handle

5 61 Length 64 65 66 67 68 Sleeve (underarm) 45

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Vintage French Linen Chore Jacket Type 1 Geelong a delightful work of artOur chore jacket cut from a pure linen deadstock cloth woven by Fleur Bleue, a French mill that closed decades ago. This fabric has been in storage since the 1950s, nearly eighty years old and entirely unrepeatable. Type 1 is a pure linen in a warm cream tone with a naturally even weave and a gentle lustre. It has the subtle irregularity you'd expect from an unprocessed linen of this age without being heavily textured refined for a pure linen, and one