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Before knowing the purely functional vocation of protection of the bad weather which he knows nowadays, the coat made it possible before to sit its social position. Thus in ancient Rome, the free citizen rolled up his toga to be different from the slaves. With the Middle Ages, only the noble allowed ones at the court had the privilege to carry the houppelande. In XVe century, there remains held with the nobility then becomes little by little a popular clothing. 19 x 39 cms
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