Collection Highlights
Kast
1675-1690
1941.914
Walnut, walnut veneer, elm, oak, ebony
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Costume: lavender tights without feet
Object name
Costume: lavender tights without feet
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 )
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.
Credit Line
Gift of Edmund B. Child
Object Number
1933.32e
Marks
stamped: on buttons: "FOR GENTLEMEN ***"
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."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
