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Carmagnole Jacketcirca 1790

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Mannequin dressed in late 18th-century French revolutionary costume: red beret with cockade, steel-blue double-breasted jacket, striped trousers, and white cravat, holding a tricolor flag on a wooden staff
Costume ensemble displayed on a mannequin: red beret with cockade, blue cropped jacket, white neck scarf, multicolor vertically striped trousers, and dark shoes; mannequin holds a tricolor flag in blue, white, and red on a wooden pole.
Title
Carmagnole Jacket
Place Made
France
Date Made
circa 1790
Medium
Wool plain weave, full finish
Dimensions
Center back length: 20 in. (50.8 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.2007.211.57
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.
  • Chrisman-Campbell, Kimberly. "Reigning Men." Ornament 39, no.1 (2016): 34-39.

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