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Habit à la française, tailcoat, floral ornaments, clothing, men's clothing, men's fashion, 18th century clothing. Habit of striped brown velvet, embroidered with fanciful flowers with large stamens and ears of grass. Fitted at the top, widened by pleats at the bottom, at the back, from the waist down. Long, set-in sleeves, cut in an arc at elbow height, finished with cuffs. Fastened with buttons, the skirts are cut in an arc, overlapping at the chest. Embroidery along the edges of the pockets, on the cuffs, pocket flaps, collar, and back pleats. The back is cut with a center seam; the back pleats do not overlap. Three buttons under the pocket flaps and on the cuffs. 1780s, Silesia, garment, length 111 cm, A long, richly decorated coat displayed on a black mannequin, made of dark brown ribbed velvet with vertical ridges and a lighter beige or cream inner lining visible through the front opening and hem; the coat has elaborate floral embroidery and embellishment in colors including white, blue, gold, and hints of orange, arranged along the front panels, collar, cuffs, and pockets, and features a row of large decorative round buttons down the front and on the cuffs with matching embroidered trim, a standing collar with light edging, long fitted sleeves, and a slightly flared skirt falling to below the knees against a plain light gray background.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A12_480

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27.1Mb (1.1Mb) / 8.1in x 12.9in / 2436 x 3882 (300dpi)

Keywords

Habit à la française tailcoat floral ornaments clothing men's clothing men's fashion 18th century clothing Habit striped brown velvet embroidered fanciful flowers large stamens ears grass Fitted top widened pleats bottom back waist down Long set-in sleeves cut arc elbow height finished cuffs Fastened buttons skirts overlapping chest Embroidery edges pockets pocket flaps collar back pleats center seam back pleats do overlap Three buttons under 1780s Silesia garment length 111 cm long richly decorated coat displayed black mannequin dark brown ribbed velvet vertical ridges lighter beige cream inner lining visible front opening hem coat elaborate floral embroidery embellishment colors white blue gold hints orange arranged front panels features row large decorative round buttons down front matching trim standing collar light edging fitted sleeves slightly flared skirt falling knees plain light gray background.