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Hunting Costume

Tailor: Le Duc French
recorded 1771
Not on view
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.
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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Hunting Costume
  • Maker: Tailor: Le Duc (French, recorded 1771)
  • Date: recorded 1771
  • Culture: French
  • Medium: Body: broadcloth with velvet details, gold and silver galloons; lining: wool (coat), silk (waistcoat), chamois (breeches); swordbelt: chamois with gold galloons; boots: leather
  • Dimensions: Body diameter: 34 1/4 in. (87 cm)
    Length (Coat, at the back): 42 1/2 in. (108 cm)
    Length (Waistcoat, at the back): 29 1/2 in. (75 cm)
    Length (Breeches): 23 5/8 in. (60 cm)
    Swordbelt: 2 15/16 × 45 1/4 in. (7.5 × 115 cm)
    Height (Boots): 21 7/8 in. (55.5 cm)
  • Classification: Main dress-Menswear
  • Credit Line: The Royal Armoury, Stockholm (11596–99, 27511–12)
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts