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Unknown Maker, French

Casaquin

Maker

Unknown Maker, French

Culture

French

Title

Casaquin

Year

mid 1700s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

silk, metallic yarn

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Kenneth Shaw Safe

Object Number

63.010.1

Type

Exhibition History

Lost in the Museum
Oct 05, 2018 – Aug 25, 2019
Luminous Lace
Jan 27, 2017 – Jul 30, 2017

Label copy

This meandering silk floral textile is enlivened with metallic yarns in the ground fabric and a metallic bobbin-lace trim at the center front closure and hem. Fabric ruffles edge all the openings of the garment, and the silver bobbin lace, which is now darkened with tarnish, would have glimmered brightly when first manufactured.

A casaquin is a short jacket that falls to about mid-hip, and has a flared skirt and pleats at the back. Given its small scale, this example was likely a costume for a religious sculpture.

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Unknown Maker, French
Casaquin, mid 1700s
Silk brocade with supplementary metallic-wrapped wefts and metallic bobbin-lace trim
Gift of Mrs. Kenneth Shaw Safe 63.010.1

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