Detail View: The AMICA Library: Court suit
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AMICA ID:
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MMA_.32.35.12a-c
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Costume and Jewelry
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Creator Nationality:
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European; French
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Creator Name-CRT:
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French
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Title:
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Court suit
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Title Type:
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Object name
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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ca. 1774 - 1792
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Creation Start Date:
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1774
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Creation End Date:
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1792
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Materials and Techniques:
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silk
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Classification Term:
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Main dress-Menswear
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Dimensions:
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(a) L. at center back 48 in. (122 cm) (b) L. at center back 26 in. (66 cm)(c) L. at side seam 28 in. (71 cm)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York, USA
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ID Number:
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32.35.12a-c
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Credit Line:
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Rogers Fund, 1932
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Rights:
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Context:
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This formal suit, made or worn with a contrasting waistcoat, handsomely shows the richness of embroidery added to the luxury of patterned silk velvet. The height of the collar and the narrowness of the sleeves, cuffs, and coat fronts date this suit to the fourth quarter of the eighteenth-century. Suits of this general type were retained for court wear well into the nineteenth century. |
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.ci32.35.12a-c.R.tif
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