Waistcoat
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1799
name: label: Company
content: Robert et Cie
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Yellow silk waistcoat printed in black with an elaborate neo-classical framing device containing scenes from mythology, portrait miniatures, and statues. Large medallion on the left proper side shows Narcissus gazing at his reflection in a pool of water. The other, on the right proper side, shows a reclining Ariadne as Theseus sails away, abandoning her on the island of Naxos.
place: label: made in
content: Paris, France
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
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: 1962-54-16
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Waistcoat
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk fronts, linen back Technique: printed by engraved copper plate on 7&1 satin foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 62.2 x 53.3 cm (24 1/2 x 21 in.)