Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card: 'Purple and gold floral-patterned jacket lined with pink coloured satin-like material (yellow streaked). Two internal pockets. Round neck and wide sleeves. Body of jacket broadens out from waist. Two short slits at sides. Complete length at front of jacket fitted with small bobble fasteners and opposite loops.'
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (References)
Herbert Samuel worked in the colonial service and travelled extensively, including in Ethiopia.
See Biography of H. Samuel by Bernard Wasserstien (1992), 'Herbert Samuel: A Political Life'. OUP. (University Library: classmark 545:18.c.95.575).

Event Date 1992
Author: maa

Context (Acquisition Details)
Donated by Susan Salaman, the daughter of H. Samuel.
Event Date 1995
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Purple and gold jacket, purple satin with gold floral embroidery across the whole surface. Open down the front with bobble buttoned fastenings along both sides. Lined with pink satin and two internal pockets. Round neck and wide sleeves.
Event Date 24/2/2022
Author: Louise Puckett