COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
MMA_.1981.210.4
AMICA Library Year:
2000
Object Type:
Costume and Jewelry
Creator Nationality:
European; British; English
Creator Name-CRT:
English
Title:
Frock coat
Title Type:
Object name
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
ca. 1833
Creation Start Date:
1831
Creation End Date:
1835
Materials and Techniques:
Silk
Classification Term:
Main dress-Menswear
Dimensions:
L. at center back 38 1/2 in. (98 cm)
AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
ID Number:
1981.210.4
Credit Line:
Catherine Van Bomel Foundation Fund, 1981
Context:
In the early years of the nineteenth century, there was a profound harmony between men's and women's silhouettes in dress. In the Empire style, the high waists and puffed chests of menswear match the silhouette of women's clothing. In the 1830s, menswear accommodated the gigot sleeve of womenswear in its use of a new fullness at the sleeve cap. The typical men's ensemble of tailcoat, waistcoat, and trousers prevailed by the 1820s and 1830s, as breeches were supplanted by long trousers.
Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.ci1981.210.4.R.tif
Frock coat
