Antique 1910s - 20s French Mephistopheles costume delightful silk velvet complete five piece set child jacket cape breeches Devil Halloween

Delightful antique 1920s French Mephistopheles costume, made in silk velvet with striking red satin lining and details. Likely created for fancy dress, with the quality suggesting possible theatre or opera use. The set survives in its entirety, which is exceptionally rare.

Sourced in person, in France.

A five-piece ensemble comprising:
• Black silk velvet jacket with a front fastening of red glass ball buttons and metal poppers at the cuffs
• Matching black silk velvet cape with red satin lining and cord ties
• Black silk velvet Renaissance-style breeches with red satin inserts
• Pair of red silk stockings
• Extraordinary structured red satin headdress

To find a full set, complete with stockings and original headdress, is highly unusual. This rare surviving ensemble is of exceptional design and quality, and would be worthy of inclusion in a museum collection.

Size:
The proportions indicate this costume was made for a child, approximately 8–10 years old.

Measurements:
• Jacket length: 15.5 in / 39.5 cm
• Jacket chest: 13.5 in / 34.5 cm (measured flat)
• Jacket shoulders: 12.5 in / 32 cm
• Cape length: 20 in / 51 cm
• Breeches waist: 11.5 in / 29 cm (measured flat)
• Breeches rise: 15.5 in / 39.5 cm
• Breeches full length: 20 in / 51 cm
• Headdress circumference: 20 in / 51 cm (fits up to an average child’s head, small for an adult)

(Stockings have natural stretch.)

Condition:
Very good, barely worn, with only the lightest signs of use to the feet of the stockings. Overall excellent for age and likely worn only once.