Ensemble, ca. 1790, French, a) silk; b,c) silk, linen, The last quarter of the eighteenth-century was simultaneously one of the most ornamental periods in men's clothing and the dawn of austerity in men's fashion. The French, notorious for overstated luxury in the clothing of their elite classes during this period, employed extensive silk and bead embroidery on men's tailcoats and waistcoats until about 1790
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