Coat

1787–92

Not on view

Here is a dashing coat that anticipates the Macaroni exaggeration that will characterize menswear in the 1790s. In this early example, the proportions are already attenuating; there is a very high turn to the collar, though not yet to the point of caricature. This transitional garment is placed then right on the crucial years of the French Revolution and is remarkable as an extant garment from that time.

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Exhibition History

Title: Coat
Date: 1787–92
Culture: French
Medium: wool
Credit Line: Purchase, Irene Lewisohn Trust Gift, 1992
Object Number: 1992.65
Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute

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