Three-piece Suit

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Three-piece Suit

England, circa 1765
Costumes
Silk cut velvet on plain-weave ground with tie-resist-dyed pile warp (chiné) and self-weft patterning
A) Center back length: 42 1/4 in. (107.315 cm); B) Center back length: 21 in. (53.34 cm); C) Inseam length: 16 1/4 in. (41.275 cm)
Purchased with funds provided by Suzanne A. Saperstein and Michael and Ellen Michelson, with additional funding from the Costume Council, the Edgerton Foundation, Gail and Gerald Oppenheimer, Maureen H. Shapiro, Grace Tsao, and Lenore and Richard Wayne (M.2007.211.798a-c)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako, Kaye Durland Spilker, and Clarrisa M. Esguerra. Reigning Men: Fashion in Menswear, 1715-2015. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich: DelMonico Books-Prestel, 2016.