Waistcoat
date: label: Date
content: late 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Cream-white taffeta waistcoat embroidered in multi-colored silks using chain stitch. Legend of the Fox and the Crow across bottom and pocket flap. Sprays of flowers on buttonholes. Late 18th century style waistcoat with a straight bottom and standing collar. Narrow silk fringe edges on front and collar. Twelve buttons.
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: 1962-54-40
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Waistcoat
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk Technique: chain-stitch embroidery