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Title
French gentleman, Winter 1790
Publication Information
Ella Strong Denison Library
Contributing Institution
Claremont Colleges Library
Collection
Fashion Plate Collection, 19th Century
Rights Information
For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact the Ella Strong Denison Library at http://www.scrippscollege.edu/denison/
Description
A gentleman wears a knee-length, dark green striped cutaway tail coat with large gold buttons. The stripes are vertical on the body, and cut on the bias for the sleeves, giving them a chevron pattern. His red waistcoat is patterned with stars. His shirt has ruffled cuffs, and a ruffle at the center front, and a cravat tied in a soft bow. He is wearing knee-length yellow breeches and white hose. His shoes are black with large square gold buckles. He wears a curled, white wig and holds a top hat with a cockade or bow on the brim, and a cane in his right hand.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
fpc00601.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/fpc/id/621
Language
French
Subject
Men's clothing
Pants
Hats
Coats
Vests
Neckwear
Shoes
Shoe buckles
Wigs
Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.)
Hosiery
Buttons
Stripes
Zigzags
Ruff
Bows (Ribbon work)
Time Period
1790-1799
American - Federalist, 1789-1800
French - Revolutionary, 1789-1795
United Kingdom - Georgian, 1714-1795
Place
France
Source
Fashion plate, engraving (print), colored, 11 x 15 inches; Scripps College, Ella Strong Denison Library, Macpherson Collection, Costume Plates of Myrtle Tyrrell Kirby, box 13
Relation
Fashion Plate Collection, 19th Century - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/fpc

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