Smoking jacket
In the tradition of the eighteenth-century banyan, nineteenth-century lounging robes and gowns allude to their exotic sources. Paisley and Turkish motives were common and extended frequently to the decor of the smoking rooms to which men took their post-prandial retirement.
Artwork Details
- Title: Smoking jacket
- Date: 1860–80
- Culture: American
- Medium: wool, silk
- Credit Line: Gift of Anne L. Maxwell, in memory of her mother, Julia H. Lawrence, 1989
- Object Number: 1989.246.2
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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