Livery Suit

CultureItalian
Titles
  • Livery Suit
Date1765–1776
MediumWool broadcloth and silk
DimensionsOther (Vest): 16 1/16 × 27 13/16 in. (40.8 × 70.7 cm)
Other (Coat): 27 5/8 × 47 1/4 in. (70.2 × 120 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Director's Accessions Endowment
Object number2022.271
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
209 Nicandros Gallery
On view

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ProvenancePrivate collection, Paris, France; [Villa Rosmaine, Toulon, France]; purchased by MFAH, 2022.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"Cuoco" (Cook) is written in ink on the linen lining of the waistcoat.
Additional ink writing is on the linen at the coat's interior collar possibly reading "Luigi (?) S Correre (?)"

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

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photo by Rachel Robshaw, courtesy Cora Ginsburg
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