Collection Highlights
Slave shackles
ca. 1866
1921.20
Steel
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Costume: Red trunks
Object name
Costume: Red trunks
Date
1900-1920
Medium
Silk
Dimensions
Overall: 18 x 20 1/2 in. ( 45.7 x 52.1 cm )
Description
Maroon silk trunks with a button fly; lined with white silk; elastisized legs; four wooden suspender buttons along the waist.
Credit Line
Gift of Edmund B. Child
Object Number
1933.32f
Gallery Label
These trunks 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.
