Complete French suit, circa 1780, Louis XVI period. Suit, jacket and breeches with bridge cut in the same fashioned silk green citron, lining linen or ivory silk. Complete with all its buttons covered in the same. Narrow garter breeches with tightening tabs (missing buckles), nice condition, slight discoloration in the armpits. Size of the suit: 34 cm Vest size: 29 cm Panty length: 74 cm Bibliography: Exhibition Catalogue, Costumes of the Comtat Venaissin - 18th and 19th century, at the Chapelle des Pénitents Blancs de Pernes-les-Fontaines, 2012, Ed. Conservatoire du Costume Comtadin.

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