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Hunting Costume

Tailor: Le Duc French

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 899

Among the future King of Sweden’s entertainments at Versailles in 1771 were two hunting excursions with Louis XV, on February 16 and 23, for which he received this fashionable French hunting costume. The uniform, a design worn by all who hunted with the king, is similar to one presented to Christian VII of Denmark in 1768. The gift so impressed Gustav that he immediately wrote about it in a letter to his mother.

Hunting Costume, Tailor: Le Duc (French, recorded 1771), Body: broadcloth with velvet details, gold and silver galloons; lining: wool (coat), silk (waistcoat), chamois (breeches); swordbelt: chamois with gold galloons; boots: leather, French

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The Royal Armoury, Stockholm, photo by Matti Östling