View of the entrance to the Grand Staircase at No 1 Savile Row, the 'wall of fame', displaying 75 portraits of the companies' famous and infamous customers.
A view back down the staircase showing portraits of HM King George IV, Captain Bligh, HM King Leopold of the Belgians & the Earl of Cardigan, amongst many others.
An Edwardian Gieve, Matthews & Seagrove Sea Chest on the 1st floor of Gieves & Hawkes houses the Gieves Ltd publishing company library.
A collection of books published for the Royal Navy by Gieves' own publishing house founded in 1916.
A fine 1903 model of the Gieves Ltd Sea Chest: regulation kit for naval cadets made by the firm since the late 18th century.
A Gieve, Matthews & Seagrove (1904-1916) tin trunk filled with deeds, wills, leases, indentures and patent documents dating back to 1773.
A very early Gieves Ltd RAF tunic dated within ten years of the service being founded by HM King George V in 1918.
Original pen & ink drawing by H. I. Whitstow entitled The Man from Hawkes (1896) showing the military tailor visit the barracks of the 14th Hussars in Calais.
Swan feather helmet and greatcoat of HM The Queen's Gentlemen-at-Arms tailored by Hawkes & Co and last worn at the funeral of HM King George VI in 1952.
Hawkes & Co ledgers (some dating back to 1840) with a bundle of complete company accounts dated 1880-1917 in the foreground.
A 1925 Gieves Ltd Aviator's helmet similar to those later worn for the 1933 first flight over Everest.
A panorama of the Gieves & Hawkes Archive Room with the deeds to No 1 Savile Row dating from 1735 displayed in the central glass table.
A page from the ledger book detailing purchases by Field Marshall Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington.
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