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Sans-culotte Trouserscirca 1790

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Museum display of late 18th-century French revolutionary costume on a white mannequin: red beret with cockade, blue double-breasted jacket, striped trousers, and tricolor flag
Museum display of late 18th-century French Revolutionary costume on a mannequin: red beret with cockade, blue cropped jacket, white cravat, and multicolor striped trousers, paired with a tricolor flag in blue, white, and red mounted on a wooden pole.
Title
Sans-culotte Trousers
Place Made
France
Date Made
circa 1790
Medium
Cotton plain weave
Dimensions
Inseam length: 27 in. (68.58 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Phillip Lim
Accession Number
M.2010.205
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.
  • 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.

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French Revolutionary Fashion
French Revolutionary Fashion
  • August 3, 2016
  • Clarissa M. Esguerra
Reigning Men: Fashion In Menswear, 1715–2015
Reigning Men: Fashion In Menswear, 1715–2015
  • May 17, 2016
  • Sharon S. Takeda, Kaye D. Spilker, Clarissa M. Esguerra