Salesman's sample
date: label: Date
content: late 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Salesman’s samples for embroidered waistcoats. Component "a" has a large parrot tulip, smaller flowers and two snails. Component "b" has roses and other flowers that surround a small pool of water. Component "c" has flowers and a tree branch that supports a bird's next with two eggs and a single feather. Worked in multicolored silk on white taffeta.
place: label: made in
content: 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: 1962-52-22-a/c
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Salesman's sample
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk Technique: satin and stem stitches with French knots on warp-float plain weave Label: silk embroidered in satin, stem and knot stitches on silk warp-float plain weave
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (a): 13.5 × 27 cm (5 5/16 × 10 5/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (b): 9.8 × 24.4 cm (3 7/8 × 9 5/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (c): 12.2 × 25.6 cm (4 13/16 × 10 1/16 in.)