Waistcoat fragments
date: label: Date
content: late 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Bottoms of two waistcoat fronts in ivory silk taffeta embroidered with polychrome silks, silver metallic yarns and brilliants. Applied printed medallions with pastoral scenes, surrounded by sprays of embroidered flowers.
place: label: made in
content: England or 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: 1962-52-21-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Waistcoat fragments
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, printed silk, silver and brilliants Technique: embroidered, appliquéd, and printed on plain weave
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (a): 20.3 × 27.9 cm (8 × 11 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (b): 21 × 27.9 cm (8 1/4 × 11 in.)