Doll

Unknown

1740–60 · silk · Costume Institute

This charming miniature coat is constructed exactly like a man's suit coat of the period. The spindly flower embroidery on the pocket flaps and cuffs is particularly whimsical and has a biomorphic quality. It is uncertain whether this jacket was made for a doll or an ecclesiastical effigy.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1740–60

Medium

silk

Culture

probably French

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Eleanor Dorian, 1931