William Whitney – Deep Red Tie

100% silk Width: 9 cm / 3.5” Length: 147 cm / 58” Made in London (UK) Henry Poole tie designs are dedicated to renowned customers. William Collins Whitney “William Collins Whitney (1841-1904) was a finance and founding father of the Whitney family’s immense fortune. His aptitude for accumulating wealth was matched by a talent to charm his way into Manhattan society, controlled in the late 19th century by the arbiter of taste Mrs Astor. William Whitney could trace his family’s descent back to William Bradford, who had sailed to America on the Mayflower in 1620 and settled in Massachusetts. But Whitney’s ambition was to take his place in Gilded Age New York society, to which Mrs Astor was gatekeeper. ” Extract taken from the Henry Poole & Co – The First Tailor of Savile Row’ book.