Waistcoat, uncut
date: label: Date
content: 1780–95
notes: label: Description
content: Panel of ivory silk satin embroidered with the left and right fronts of a gentleman's waistcoat, with stand collar, pocket welts, and button covers. The embroidery consists of an overall scattered floral with floral borders up the center front; on the pockets and at hem edge are scenes of monkeys drinking rum and playing musical instruments. In sixteen colors of floss silk.
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: 1962-54-31
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Waistcoat, uncut
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk Technique: embroidered in satin, stem and knotted stitches on silk 7\1 satin foundation Label: silk satin embroidered with silk in satin, stem and knotted stitches
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 72.7 × 55.6 cm (28 5/8 × 21 7/8 in.)