Waistcoat
date: label: Date
content: late 18th–early 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Waistcoat of cream-white satin with a subtle striped pattern has a standing collar, straight bottom and straight pocket edges. Front is printed with detached motifs of Greco-Roman style rotundas, temples, urns, and floral motifs. Edges have a narrow border in a blue-green leaf pattern. Bottom scenes, beneath pockets, have young women adoring Cupid. Putti are also playing on a swing and preparing for a hunt with dogs, French horn and an arrow.
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: 1962-54-19
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Waistcoat
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk Technique: printed by engraved plate on satin weave
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 65 × 50 cm (25 9/16 × 19 11/16 in.)