Waistcoat
date: label: Date
content: late 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Gentleman's waistcoat of white satin with a small standing collar is cut straight across the bottom with straight pocket flaps and ten buttons. Embroidered in multicolored silks with a detached linear motif across the front. Flower border extends down the center front. Both pockets have a yellow butterfly. Under one pocket, two sheep worked in chenille thread, and the other side has two birds, one in a nest.
place: label: made in
content: France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1962-54-38
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Waistcoat
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk Technique: chain stitch embroidery on satin weave
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 61 × 50 cm (24 in. × 19 11/16 in.)