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Three-piece Suitcirca 1765

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Men's three-piece suit in wheat-gold dot-patterned fabric displayed on a white mannequin — coat, waistcoat, and breeches with black shoes and silver buckles
Close-up detail of a textile garment in cream fabric with a small red and green dot pattern, showing a ruffled peplum section, self-covered buttons, and decorative looped trim along the scalloped hem.
Close-up detail of a men's 18th-century waistcoat in cream silk with a small multicolored dot pattern; two vertical rows of fabric-covered buttons with gold thread buttonholes, and a pink silk lining visible along the front edge.
Woven textile with cream ground and fine vertical ribbing, scattered with a repeating pattern of small red and dark green dots in alternating rows.
Title
Three-piece Suit
Place Made
England
Date Made
circa 1765
Medium
Silk cut velvet on plain-weave ground with tie-resist-dyed pile warp (chiné) and self-weft patterning
Dimensions
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)
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.2007.211.798a-c
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.

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