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Habit à la française, repossession provenance; floral and plant motifs; fashion garment men's clothing, embroidery; 18th century 1770s; Habit of green silk embroidered with motifs of small bouquets of flowers. Fitted at the top, widened at the back from the waist down with two slit pleats. Fastens at the front with hooks and eyes. Semicircularly cut lapels overlap at breast level and are cut off at the bottom. High, standing collar. Long sleeves set in at elbow height, cut in an arc, finished with wide, slightly protruding cuffs. Side hip pockets covered with trapezoidal flaps. Back cut with a center seam. Slits at hip level. Center back flaps meet without a pleat. Embroidery runs in a wide band around the edges, cuffs, pockets, collar, and back pleats. Decorative buttons sewn in threes on cuffs, under pocket flaps, two at the top of the back pleats, and in the pressed pleats. Origin: Silesia; creation: France; garment length 112 cm., A long green coat displayed from the back on a black mannequin neck, made of a ribbed fabric with a subtle horizontal texture, featuring a high collar and long sleeves; the lower back and sleeve cuffs have detailed floral embroidery in colors including white, pink, yellow, and light green, with decorative flaps and vertical embroidered panels down the center back; the overall visible colors are green, black, white, pink, yellow, and light green.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A13_017

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Rights managed

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34.4Mb (1.7Mb) / 9.4in x 14.2in / 2828 x 4250 (300dpi)

Keywords

Habit à la française repossession provenance floral plant motifs fashion garment men's clothing embroidery 18th century 1770s Habit green silk embroidered motifs small bouquets flowers Fitted top widened back waist down two slit pleats Fastens front hooks eyes Semicircularly cut lapels overlap breast level cut off bottom High standing collar Long sleeves set elbow height arc finished wide slightly protruding cuffs Side hip pockets covered trapezoidal flaps Back cut center seam Slits hip level Center back flaps meet pleat Embroidery runs wide band edges pockets collar back pleats Decorative buttons sewn threes under pocket flaps two pressed pleats Origin Silesia creation France garment length 112 cm long green coat displayed black mannequin neck ribbed fabric subtle horizontal texture featuring high collar long sleeves lower back sleeve cuffs detailed floral embroidery colors white pink yellow light green decorative flaps vertical embroidered panels down center back visible colors green black light green.