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Collections

Hat (Bicorne)circa 1790

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Museum display of a late 18th-century men's ensemble on a white mannequin: black bicorne hat with plaid cockade, tan coat, gold brocade waistcoat, and white cravat
Late 18th-century men's ensemble displayed on a white mannequin: golden-tan frock coat over an embroidered waistcoat, rust-striped knee breeches, black tricorn hat with decorative cockade, buckled shoes, and a wooden walking stick.
18th-century men's ensemble displayed on a white mannequin: tan silk frock coat with flap pockets, embroidered gold waistcoat, striped knee breeches, black tricorn hat with floral cockade, and buckled shoes; mannequin holds a walking cane.
Mannequin displayed from behind wearing a tan silk frock coat with pleated skirt panels and pocket flaps, paired with a dark tricorn hat, white powdered wig with black ribbon, white gloves, and black buckled shoes; right hand holds a twisted wood cane.
Dark gray felt bicorne hat resting on its side, decorated with a pleated silk cockade in muted pink, gray, and cream plaid, photographed against a light neutral background.
Title
Hat (Bicorne)
Place Made
France
Date Made
circa 1790
Medium
Wool felt with silk plain weave ribbon cockade
Dimensions
Overall: 6 1/2 x 19 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. (16.51 x 49.53 x 19.685 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Michael and Ellen Michelson
Accession Number
M.2010.33.1
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. Fashion Victims: Dress at the Court of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette. New Haven: Yale Univesity Press, 2015.
  • Chrisman-Campbell, Kimberly. "Reigning Men." Ornament 39, no.1 (2016): 34-39.