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Walking Stick (Hercules Club)1790-1795

Not on view
Bronze walking stick or staff cast to resemble twisted intertwining vines with knotted burls along the shaft and a rough, lumpy pommel at the top
Museum mannequin displaying late 18th-century men's ensemble: olive green striped tailcoat over a horizontal-striped waistcoat, teal cravat, cream knee breeches, striped stockings, and black buckled shoes; mannequin holds a gnarled wooden walking stick and small scissors.
Museum display of late 18th-century men's ensemble on a white mannequin: olive striped coat with double-breasted buttons, multicolored striped waistcoat, tan knee breeches with ribbon ties, white striped stockings, black buckled shoes, teal cravat, and a gnarled wooden walking stick.
Museum mannequin displaying late 18th-century men's ensemble: olive-striped tailcoat, horizontally striped waistcoat, buff knee breeches with ribbon-tied stockings, white ribbed hose, and black shoes. Teal cravat at neck; mannequin holds a gnarled wooden walking stick.
18th-century men's ensemble displayed on a mannequin: striped silk coat in olive and red with decorative buttons, gold-trimmed waistcoat, mauve knee breeches, black tricorn hat, white gloves, and a gnarled wooden walking stick.
Walking stick or staff made from a naturally gnarled and twisted dark brown wood, with a large burled knot forming the handle and multiple intertwining branches along the tapered shaft, joined by a small metal ferrule.
Title
Walking Stick (Hercules Club)
Place Made
France
Date Made
1790-1795
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
Diameter (at handle): 3 1/2 in. (8.89 cm); Height: 34 x . (86.36 x )
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.2007.211.831
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: Deux Siècles de Mode Européenne, 1700-1915. Paris: Arts Décoratifs; Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Delmonico Books-Prestel, 2013.
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: European Dress in Detail, 1700-1915. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Delmonico Books/Prestel, 2010.
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: Europäische Moden, 1700-1915. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Prestel, 2012.
  • 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.