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Collections

Coat1800-1810

Not on view
White mannequin dressed in an 18th-century men's ensemble: forest-green velvet coat and waistcoat with tone-on-tone patterning, charcoal knee breeches, white lace jabot, and black buckled shoes
18th-century men's coat displayed on a white mannequin, rear view; deep green cut velvet with a patterned pile, fitted waist, center back vent with buttons, and flared skirt; paired with dark knee breeches and black shoes.
18th-century men's coat displayed on a white mannequin, three-quarter rear view. Deep green velvet with cut floral pattern on a dark ground, fitted silhouette with flared skirts, button-front closure, and cuffed sleeves. Paired with dark knee breeches and black buckled shoes.
Two mannequins displaying late 18th-century men's suits: left in blue velvet with matching coat, waistcoat, and breeches; right in emerald green velvet coat and waistcoat with gray breeches, both with white lace cravats and black buckled shoes.
Close-up detail of deep green velvet textile with a small gold allover pattern, showing a diagonal seam and a vertical row of circular fabric-covered buttons with bar buttonholes.
Woven textile fragment with a dark green ground and an allover repeating pattern of small cream-colored geometric motifs arranged in a diagonal grid.
Close-up detail of emerald green textile with a dense dot or voided pattern revealing gold metallic ground beneath, fabric folded to show two overlapping layers.
Title
Coat
Place Made
France
Date Made
1800-1810
Medium
Silk cut and voided velvet with metallic-thread supplementary-weft patterning
Dimensions
A) Coat Center back length: 41 1/4 in. (104.775 cm); B) Waistcoat Center back length: 22 in. (55.88 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.2007.211.54a-b
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.