DRESS NAMED "À LA KINSKY" OF A LIEUTENANT OF THE NATIONAL GUARD ON HORSEBACK, First Empire. 32597
Dark blue almost black wool dress trimmed with scarlet. Scarlet collar, H 8.5 cm, lined with scarlet canvas closing at the front with a black lacquered metal hook. Dress closes in a straight line with nine buttonholes with silver metal half-jingle buttons Ø 1.5 cm. Scarlet pointed cuffs in wool trimmed with a uniform button. Short basques, H 26 cm, with scarlet wool turn-backs at the corners decorated with embroidered flaming grenades in threads, cannetilles, and silver sequins. False vertical pockets in dark blue wool, scarlet piped with two uniform buttons. Shoulder strap loops in silver braid lined with scarlet wool. Shoulder strap and epaulet in silver braid lined with scarlet wool, the epaulet is adorned with soft fringes known as "pit ropes"; the epaulettes are fixed with two half-jingle uniform buttons.
Dress lined with dark blue and scarlet wool and silk.
France.
First Empire.
Good condition, some moth holes.
Reference :
32597