English Womens Original Grenfell Cloth Cotton Windproof Jacket Lilywhite

Description: English Womens Vintage Grenfell Cloth Cotton Windproof Jacket By appointment from Grenfell Haythornthwaite & Sons Highest quality tailoring Excellent condition Early example, very rare Original Grenfell Cloth woven in England alas no more Collectors item, a bit of history! Lilywhites of Piccadilly Circus, London, England Size 38"/ 97cm Outer 100% Cotton Original Grenfell Cloth Double layer Grenfell cloth on shoulders Two outside pockets horn button closure ( one missing) Horn button adjusters on cuffs Original Lightning main zip Couple of marks nothing much (see pics) A gorgeous little windbreaker and in lovely condition! 'Quality is never an accident, it's always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skilful execution...' International bidders contact me for postage Thanks! -If interested please see my other listings for similar performance natural outdoor fabrics made from Ventile and others. Woven in Burnley by Haythornwaite& Sons, on the steam driven looms of England Made from the legendary 100% cotton original Grenfell Cloth. Englands answer to the weather in the early 20th century & throughout. An extraordinary accomplishment by Walter Haythornwaite for Dr Wilfred Grenfell. A doctor helping the poor native people in Newfoundland Labrador where the cloth was invaluable for the icy arctic conditions. Light and finer than Ventile, woven to 600 thread counts per inch the looms had to be strengthened to weave the cloth. It's been used everywhere, tried & tested throughout, from the land speed records to Everest. In 1933, a Grenfell tent formed the highest habitation ever made by man on this planet. F.S Smythe slept in it for 13 hours-and awoke refreshed, although scientists had predicted that any man sleeping at that altitude would never waken. It was pitched at 27,000 feet, in a blizzard that drove Smythe to his knees ... a wind that forced microscopic snow crystals through other tents pitched 500 feet below-but not through the Grenfell cloth. Silk like, a most fine natural outdoor fabric to wear. Over 50 years ago Donald Campbell in Donald Campbell on Lake Coniston, Bluebird at Goodwood, wearing his after another brave run…in Grenfell Cloth racing suit Grenfell "The right cloth for Labrador mission workers", said Grenfell, should be light.. because travel was always on foot, following the dog teams. It should also be strong, for once on the trail, the wearer's life might well depend on it. It should be weatherproof, to turn both rain and snow, and windproof to retain wearer's warmth. Above all, it must allow the body moisture to escape. "We use it constantly-on the ships -on the planes-on the sledges-and motoring. It does not wear out and we cannot afford to take chances-much less dare we recommend to anyone else anything that would fail them at a pinch." - Sir Wilfred Grenfell -If interested please see my other listings for similar performance natural outdoor fabrics made from Ventile and others.

Price: 599.99 GBP

Location: Brighton, East Sussex

End Time: 2025-01-27T16:56:58.000Z

Shipping Cost: 31.01 GBP