Caption

Habit à la française, tailcoat, 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; 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 full-length display of a male mannequin dressed in an ornate historical outfit against a plain light gray background, featuring a dark-colored head and legs, a long brown velvet coat with vertical ribbing and decorative floral embroidery in cream, gold, blue, and muted metallic tones along the front panels and cuffs, a cream-colored embroidered waistcoat with floral motifs visible beneath the coat, brown ribbed knee-length breeches matching the coat, black stockings, and black shoes with strap details, all mounted on a dark rectangular base.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A12_487

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Rights managed

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29.7Mb (913.0Kb) / 8.4in x 13.8in / 2518 x 4126 (300dpi)

Keywords

Habit à la française tailcoat 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 full-length display male mannequin dressed ornate historical outfit plain light gray background featuring dark-colored head legs long brown velvet coat vertical ribbing decorative floral embroidery cream gold blue muted metallic tones front panels cream-colored embroidered waistcoat floral motifs visible beneath coat brown ribbed knee-length breeches matching black stockings black shoes strap details mounted dark rectangular base.