Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: The Consummation of Empire
Date:
1835-1836
Object Number:
1858.3
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Costume: lavender tights without feet
Object Number:
1933.32e
Date:
1900-1920
Medium:
Silk, wool knit, metal buttons
Dimensions:
Overall: 39 1/2 x 19 3/4 in. ( 100.3 x 50.2 cm )
Marks:
stamped: on buttons: "FOR GENTLEMEN ***"
Description:
Purple silk and lavander wool knit tights; padded silk waist and hips with a nine button fly; nine metal buttons inscribed, "FOR GENTLEMEN ***;" white cotton criss-crossing laces up the back of the buttocks; lavender knit legs trimmed with silk at the ankles closure with to metal buttons.
Gallery Label:
These tights were worn as part of a costume worn by Enrico Caruso when he performed the role of Des Grieux in "Manon Lescaut."
Credit Line:
Gift of Edmund B. Child
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
