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Boy's Coatcirca 1740

Not on view
Child's 18th-century brocade coat in parchment-tone silk with allover floral lattice pattern, dome buttons at front and cuffs, displayed on a hanger

Unknown, Boy's Coat, circa 1740, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Costume Council Fund, Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Boy's Coat
Place Made
England
Date Made
circa 1740
Medium
Silk plain weave with supplementary weft patterning and metal buttons
Dimensions
Center back length: 21 1/2 in. (54.61 cm)
Credit Line
Costume Council Fund
Accession Number
M.82.8.4
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Maeder, Edward et al.. An Elegant Art: Fashion & Fantasy in the Eighteenth Century. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1983.

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