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Skating ensemble

1863–67
Not on view
Sanguine in winter and vivid in the snow and ice-filled landscape, a skating ensemble cuts a colorful figure for the season. Of a recreation possible in nature only in winter, the skater is a friendly and familiar Currier and Ives avatar of the season. The quilting joins together an inner and outer layer, here with batting sandwiched in between, for further warmth.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Skating ensemble
  • Date: 1863–67
  • Culture: British
  • Medium: (a) silk, fur; (b) silk
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Friends of The Costume Institute Gifts, 1980
  • Object Number: 1980.72.1a, b
  • Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute

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