Coat

Unknown

1787–92 · wool · Costume Institute

Here is a dashing coat that anticipates the Macaroni exaggeration that will characterize menswear in the 1790s. In this early example, the proportions are already attenuating; there is a very high turn to the collar, though not yet to the point of caricature. This transitional garment is placed then right on the crucial years of the French Revolution and is remarkable as an extant garment from that time.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1787–92

Medium

wool

Culture

French

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Purchase, Irene Lewisohn Trust Gift, 1992