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Catalog Number |
2012.1.0189 |
Object Name |
Cravat |
Date |
1890s, late |
Description |
This man's navy silk cravat features a design of small white flowers. The label reads: " Kaskel & Kaskel / SHIRT-MAKERS / 20 West 23rd Street N.Y." * *Two years after the end of the Civil War, Jacob Michaelis and Caesar Kaskel opened clothing store, Michaelis & Kaskel, on Bond Street and Broadway. Catering to the carriage trade, the firm produced its own high-quality custom-made apparel. In 1881 the Michaelis & Kaskel moved to 20 West 23rd Street in the fashionable shopping district where they plied their business for four years before it was reorganized as Kaskel & Kaskel. Now operated by brothers Albert and Max Kaskel, it sold only high-end menswear. By the turn of the century Kaskel & Kaskel Co. was one of New York's leading haberdasheries, providing shirts for the city's wealthiest gentlemen, including the President of the United States. In 1902 the firm commissioned architect Charles L. Berg to design a new headquarters and retail space at 316 Fifth Avenue at the southwest corner of 32nd Street, just south of the Waldorf-Astoria hotel. From http://daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2011/07/1902-kaskel-kaskel-building-no-316.html |
Maker's Information |
Kaskel & Kaskel / SHIRT-MAKERS / 20 West 23rd Street N.Y. |
Materials |
Silk |
Condition |
Fair |
Associated with |
Van Wickle, Augustus Stout |
Search Terms |
Cravat |
Catalog Sub-category |
Clothing -- Accessory |