Jacket

Dieulafait & E. Bouclier

1865–70 · wool, silk · Costume Institute

A good example of early ready-to-wear, this jacket incorporates fine workmanship in its detailed embroidery and unique back drapery.

Artist

Dieulafait & E. Bouclier

Date

1865–70

Medium

wool, silk

Culture

French

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Margaret D. Leverich, 1964