The Waistcoat (Caricature on the Fashion of Waistcoats)
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1770
name: label: Artist
content: Unknown, English
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: In this caricature, a man demonstrates how a waistcoat can fit around a group of much smaller men. In the background on the left is a picture of the men being wrapped in the waistcoat, and on the right is a picture of a very large man wearing it.
place: label: made in
content: England
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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 Mrs. George A. Kubler
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1949-152-289
objectType: label: Type
content: textile designs
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 19.6 x 12.6 cm (7 11/16 x 4 15/16 in.), irregular