Coat from Three Piece Man's Suit

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Coat from Three Piece Man's Suit

Place

Italy (Object made in)

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Made 1751–1775

Medium

Generally known as gold and silver cloth, warp-faced plain weave; metallic foil cut in strips in parts wound around a silk fibre core and in other areas used as flat strips; metallic foil with paillettes, outlined with metallic thread with tiny areas of netting

Dimensions

109.2 × 58.3 cm (43 × 23 in.)

Credit Line

Grace R. Smith Textile Endowment

Reference Number

1978.393a

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