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Three-piece Suitcirca 1770

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Three-piece 18th-century men's suit in tan fabric with dark allover dot pattern, displayed on a white mannequin with period wig, consisting of knee-length coat, waistcoat, and breeches
18th-century men's suit displayed on a white mannequin: knee-length coat in tan silk with small woven geometric pattern, matching waistcoat with ornate buttons, red breeches, white stockings, and black buckle shoes. Black neck cloth and powdered wig.
Textile fragment with an allover repeat pattern of small pink and red floral sprigs with green leaves, arranged on a cream ground within a diagonal diamond grid of stitched lines.
Quilted fabric with a cream ground, stitched in a diamond grid pattern with pink thread, each diamond containing a small printed cluster of red and orange flowers with green leaves.
Close-up of a textile with a cream ground printed with small red and orange floral sprigs, overlaid with a diamond quilting pattern in pink stitching; a fabric-covered button in the same floral print sits at center right.
Close-up of quilted textile with cream ground printed with small red and orange floral sprigs; diagonal diamond quilting in pink stitching; horizontal bound buttonhole at center with frayed light green edging.
Close-up detail of a textile with cream ground printed with small orange floral sprigs in a diamond lattice pattern, featuring a fabric-covered button at center made from the same floral print.

Unknown, Three-piece Suit, circa 1770, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Costume Council Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Three-piece Suit
Place Made
France
Date Made
circa 1770
Medium
Silk cut velvet on plain weave with tie-resist-dyed pile warp (chiné) and self-weft patterning
Dimensions
a) Coat center back length: 41 1/2 in. (105.41 cm)
Credit Line
Costume Council Fund
Accession Number
M.80.117a-c
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • 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.
  • 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.

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