Man’s Hunting Jacket1825-1830

Not on view

Close-up of a tangerine-orange wool coat front with five gold embossed buttons along the placket and a curved cutaway hem, against a black background

Brass uniform button with domed copper base, featuring a raised central device of a running fox above a landscape, encircled by radial lines and the partial text "YRSHIRE HUNT" around the border, photographed on red fabric.

Red wool military-style coatee displayed against a black background, double-breasted front with silver buttons, standing collar, and single sleeve visible with matching silver cuff buttons.

Close-up detail of a red wool garment, showing an open seam that reveals a cream lining and pink silk interior with fan-shaped pleating.

Title: Man’s Hunting Jacket
Place Made: Scotland
Date Made: 1825-1830
Medium: Wool plain weave, full finish
Dimensions: Center back length A: 39 in. (99.06 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.2007.211.956
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Costume and Textiles
Curatorial Notes: The garments traditionally worn for fox hunting reflect the sport’s origins as the pastime of English country gentlemen. In the early nineteenth century, hunters wore fashionable clothing modified to withstand the rigors of riding and the elements. This jacket combines practical water-resistant wool with the luxury of skilled tailoring and expensive materials, including gilt buttons bearing the name of the owner’s club, the Ayrshire Hunt, and an image of a fox.
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.
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.

Man’s Hunting Jacket1825-1830

Not on view

Title: Man’s Hunting Jacket
Place Made: Scotland
Date Made: 1825-1830
Medium: Wool plain weave, full finish
Dimensions: Center back length A: 39 in. (99.06 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.2007.211.956
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Costume and Textiles
Curatorial Notes: The garments traditionally worn for fox hunting reflect the sport’s origins as the pastime of English country gentlemen. In the early nineteenth century, hunters wore fashionable clothing modified to withstand the rigors of riding and the elements. This jacket combines practical water-resistant wool with the luxury of skilled tailoring and expensive materials, including gilt buttons bearing the name of the owner’s club, the Ayrshire Hunt, and an image of a fox.
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.
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.