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Suitcirca 1780

Not on view
Historic 18th-century men's ensemble on a white mannequin: dark brown velvet coat and breeches, floral embroidered waistcoat, white lace jabot, powdered wig, black stockings, and buckled shoes
Three-quarter view of a white mannequin wearing a late 18th-century men's ensemble: dark silk coat with cutaway front, elaborately embroidered floral waistcoat in multicolor, knee breeches, white lace cravat and cuffs, dark stockings, and buckled shoes.
Title
Suit
Place Made
England
Date Made
circa 1780
Medium
Silk uncut velvet
Dimensions
Breeches inseam length: 16 in. (40.64 cm); Coat center back length: 43 in. (109.22 cm)
Credit Line
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
Accession Number
M.2007.211.49a-b
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected 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.