Chest protector
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Chest protector of blue velvet embroidered with multicolored beads. Primary motifs are a stag and a canoe with two occupants. An American flag flies at right side of the canoe. Triangles in yellow and pink beads outlined with white beads form a border on the bottom and sides. Smaller triangles in yellow and green beads outlined in white beads form the border around the yoke. Star shapes of red, orange, blue, and yellow beads outlined with white beads fill the lower corners. Small rosettes flank the stag's head. Cloth ties at top and bottom.
place: label: made in
content: USA
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: Gift of Mrs. Daniel Putnam Adams
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1969-98-13
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Chest protector
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: velvet, glass beads, Technique: beadwork embroidery
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 44.5 × 22 cm (17 1/2 × 8 11/16 in.)