Court suit

Unknown

1774–93 · silk · Costume Institute

This formal suit, made or worn with a contrasting waistcoat, handsomely shows the richness of embroidery added to the luxury of patterned silk velvet. The height of the collar and the narrowness of the sleeves, cuffs, and coat fronts date this suit to the fourth quarter of the eighteenth century. Suits of this general type were retained for court wear well into the nineteenth century.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1774–93

Medium

silk

Culture

French

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1932