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Doublets

Scope note

Use for close-fitting waist-length or hip-length garments with or without sleeves worn by men from the 15th to the 17th century and for similar garments reinforced by mail and worn under armor. Use also for sleeved, hip-length garments worn as part of military uniforms by the Scottish units of the British army after 1855.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000209829

Equivalent Terms used

doublet

Created

13yrs ago

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