Design for the Embroidery of the Right Top Part of a Man's Waistcoat of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1785
name: label: Designer
content: Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A pierced, rocky base supports a column against which a medallion with the monogram "VR" leans and from the capital of which a circular blue rubbon hangs, with the inscription: "IOUIR EST T… (?)". A rose surrounds the column. Plants grow upon the base. Part of the collar is shown on top. From its bottom edge, pearl chain festoons and a flower garland are suspended. The latter, hanging downwards, surrounds the grotesque candelabrum growing from the head of a satyr, so supporting the collar.
place: label: made in
content: France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1920-36-80
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite, brush and gouache on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 21.9 × 17.4 cm (8 5/8 × 6 7/8 in.)