Design for Embroidery, Gentleman's Waistcoat Pocket
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: Design for the embroidery on a man's waistcoat or gilet. A grey dog and three grey geese appear below a pocket flap, surrounded by stalks of wheat. The dog and geese are separated by a bunch of pink and blue flowers. Two red flowers appear to the left of the dog. The bottom edges are bordered with purple and pink flowers, and small green leaves and purple dots line the edge of the flap.
place: label: made in
content: Lyon, 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: 1920-36-324
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and gouache, pen and brown ink, graphite on cream laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 18.4 × 31.3 cm (7 1/4 × 12 5/16 in.)