Waistcoat front
date: label: Date
content: late 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Waistcoat right front panel with a design of blindfolded Cupid being driven by a bird. Trimmed with polychrome fringe.
place: label: made in
content: France
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1962-54-36-b
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Waistcoat front
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Technique: Embroidery using satin, stem and knot stitches in twelve colors of floss silk and metal-wrapped silk; coils of metal wire, sequins (paillettes) and paste jewels sewn on silk plain weave foundation. Trimmed with four color woven silk fringe.
label: Dimensions
content: L: 66 x W: 26 cm (one front)