Waistcoat
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1810
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Gentleman's waistcoat with straight hem and standing collar. Cream silk embroidered foundation showing pattern of small scattered flowers and sequins. Embroidered around the collar and straight pockets with flowers carried out in satin stitch, and sequins. Appliquéd with sequins and printed satin weave silk medallions. The medallion below the left pocket is of Diana disarming Cupid, the one below the right pocket is of Venus playing with Cupid. Silk-covered buttons embroidered with flowers.
place: label: possibly made in
content: France
label: possibly made in
content: England
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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: 1962-54-52
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Waistcoat
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, polychrome plate-printed silk, plain weave tape, silk and metallic twill tape, sequins, on silk Technique: embroidered in satin, stem and knot stitches, appliquéd satin weave medallions, long floating stitches of metal- wrapped silk, on plain weave
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 48 × 25 cm (18 7/8 × 9 13/16 in.)