A odisseia das roupas de D. Pedro II: dos guarda-roupas imperiais às arcas do Museu Mariano Procópio

Abstract

The dissertation is based on the research of three personal clothing that belonged to D. Pedro II and were used by him on special events: The Major military uniform (1840), the garment of coronation (1841) and the military uniform used on his wedding (1843). All three costumes are part of the Mariano Procopio Museum collection. The research was based on different sources from public files, text documents (letters, museums reports and codices of stewardship), and photography, iconography and journal articles and it aims to scroll through cultural history, focusing on three different stages from their creation to the present day. Initially we analyzed the period in the clothes pass the imperial butler Paulo Barbosa da Silva to antiquarian goods in the 1920‘s, through issues connection to monarchical memory and its appropriations at the time. The objects in this period (1920‘s) were valued as national historical relics that should be preserved. The second chapter is based on research of the garments as a museum collection, through expographic, restoration processes and museum documents of the costumes, with deep analyzes to investigate their destination in order to conclude that costumes had been explored only as ―relic-objects‖ and not as documents meant for historical knowledge. The final chapter concludes the research of characteristics and style of each material, leading to the origin and manufacturing processes that have taken place in Rio de Janeiro, possibly from the court artist‘s project. The work is expected to help understand the social environment where was produced, reproduced and conveyed the clothes of D. Pedro II creating awareness to pieces that have been preserved for more than 170 years.