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Walking Stickcirca 1790

Not on view
Museum display of a late 18th-century men's ensemble: golden-tan frock coat and waistcoat, terracotta striped knee breeches, black tricorn hat with ribbon cockade, and black buckled shoes, on a white mannequin
Museum display of late 18th-century men's ensemble on a white mannequin: tan silk frock coat, embroidered gold waistcoat, striped breeches, black tricorn hat with floral cockade, and buckled shoes; mannequin holds a walking cane.
Mannequin displayed from the back wearing an 18th-century tan silk frock coat with flared skirt, side pleats, and pocket flaps, paired with a dark tricorn hat, powdered wig with black ribbon, white lace cuffs, and black buckle shoes; right hand holds a twisted wooden cane.
Title
Walking Stick
Place Made
Europe
Date Made
circa 1790
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
Length: 34 in. (86.36 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.2007.211.985
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.