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Three-piece Suitcirca 1765

Not on view
Museum display of an 18th-century men's three-piece suit in powder-blue silk on a white mannequin, with double rows of fabric-covered buttons, lace jabot, and black buckled shoes
18th-century men's silk frock coat in pale blue, displayed from the back on a mannequin, with pleated skirt vents, decorative silver buttons at the hip pockets, and lace cuffs and cravat visible at the wrists and collar.
18th-century men's frock coat in pale blue silk, displayed from the back on a mannequin with white powdered wig. Knee-length with pleated skirt vents, decorative metal buttons at side pleats and pocket flaps, and lace cuffs visible at the sleeves.
Close-up detail of a pale blue-green silk garment with two rows of ornate metal buttons featuring coiled wire or passementerie decoration.
Close-up detail of a pale blue silk garment with three large round buttons covered in spiraling metallic thread embroidery, arranged vertically along a center front closure.
Close-up detail of a teal silk garment with double-breasted front closure, featuring two rows of embossed silver metal buttons with wreath-like relief decoration and corded button loops.
Overhead view of a small circular woven basket with a lid, constructed from tightly coiled dark and pale fiber in alternating radiating and bundled stitch patterns, photographed against teal textile.
Circular lidded container viewed from above, decorated with coiled metallic wire forming looped floral or foliate motifs on a dark ground, surrounded by radiating natural fiber wrapping in black and white.
Title
Three-piece Suit
Place Made
France
Date Made
circa 1765
Medium
Silk plain weave (faille) with metallic-thread passementerie
Dimensions
A) Center back length: 40 in. (101.6 cm); B) Center back length: 21 1/2 in. (54.61 cm); C) Inseam length: 16 in. (40.64 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.2007.211.41a-c
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Edwards, Lydia. How to Read a Suit: A Guide to Changing Men's Fashion from the 17th to the 20th Century. London: Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2020.