Man's Coat and Waistcoat

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Man's Coat and Waistcoat

France, circa 1750
Costumes; principal attire (upper body)
Silk cut, uncut, and voided velvet (ciselé) with supplementary metal strip weft patterning
Center back length (a) coat): 40 1/4 in. (102.24 cm) Center back length (b) waistcoat): 34 3/4 in. (88.27 cm)
Costume Council Fund (M.57.35a-b)
Costume and Textiles
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Velvets East and West:  From the 14th to the 20th Century.  Los Angeles:  Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1966.
  • Maeder, Edward et al.. An Elegant Art: Fashion & Fantasy in the Eighteenth Century. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1983.