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 dark brown, vertically ribbed coat displayed on a mannequin, shown from the side; the coat has a high stand-up collar and a row of decorative round buttons along the front; it is richly embroidered with floral motifs in white, cream, blue, gold, and a hint of red, concentrated ...
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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 dark brown, vertically ribbed coat displayed on a mannequin, shown from the side; the coat has a high stand-up collar and a row of decorative round buttons along the front; it is richly embroidered with floral motifs in white, cream, blue, gold, and a hint of red, concentrated on the chest, cuffs, pockets, and lower skirt; the sleeves are long and the fabric has a velvety sheen; the background is a plain light gray.

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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 dark brown vertically ribbed coat displayed mannequin shown side coat high stand-up collar row decorative round buttons front richly embroidered floral motifs white cream blue gold hint red concentrated lower skirt sleeves long fabric velvety sheen background plain light gray.

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