Doublet

Doublet

Unknown artist

Details

Medium
silk
Origin
French
Department
Costume Institute
Holding institution
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
License
CC0-1.0
Credit
The Costume Institute Fund, in memory of Polaire Weissman, 1989

Art Genome Taxonomy

10 tags

Artistic Disciplines

  • The image clearly shows a constructed historical garment, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art classifies the object as a doublet in the Costume Institute.

Visual Qualities

  • Symmetrical Visual · 98%

    The front-facing garment is organized around a central closure, with closely mirrored sleeves, trim, and front panels.

  • Patterns Visual · 98%

    Repeated floral and foliate motifs cover the torso and sleeves, and parallel decorative bands recur across the garment.

  • Dense Composition Visual · 95%

    The surface is densely occupied by floral ornament, vertical bands, gathered fabric, sleeve divisions, and layered edging.

  • Highly Ornamented Visual · 97%

    Extensive floral decoration, braid-like edging, covered fastenings, and elaborate sleeve construction give the garment a richly embellished appearance.

  • Earth Tones Visual · 88%

    The visible palette is dominated by cream, tan, ocher, muted green, dusty rose, and brown-gold tones.

Time Periods

  • 17th Century Art Metadata · 98%

    The catalog dates the doublet to the early 1620s, placing it in the seventeenth century.

Geographic Regions

  • French Art Metadata · 99%

    The catalog gives French as the place of origin.

Textiles

  • Embroidery Visual · 93%

    The image shows raised, thread-like floral and foliate ornament distributed across the textile surface, consistent with embroidery.

  • Use of Fabric Metadata · 99%

    The museum catalog identifies the medium as silk and the object as a textile garment.

Source & rights

Unknown artist. Doublet. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.