Waistcoat, uncut
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1750–1800
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two fronts and two pocket flaps for man's waistcoat, or cream colored linen, plain cloth, embroidered in colored silks in chain stitch. Delicate vine design ascends front. Flower sprays under and on pockets. Colors: red, pink, green, violet, blue, and yellow. Bottom of some cloth, with worked edges. Buttonholes outlined in color, but not cut.
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: Gift of Mrs. Max Farrand
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1953-143-9-a/d
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Waistcoat, uncut
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: linen, silk Technique: embroidery (chain stitch)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (a,b): 66 x 39 cm (26 x 15 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (c,d): 19 x 22.2 cm (7 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.)