Waistcoat
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1790
notes: label: Description
content: Gentleman's embroidered waistcoat with standing collar, straight hem, pocket welts and covered buttons. Embroidered in multicolored silks in more than twenty colors. Over-all spot pattern of flowers and butterflies on the top half. Leafy branches, flowers and insects such as beetles, caterpillars, butterflies, and dragonflies are on the bottom half.
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: 1962-54-43
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Waistcoat
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk embroidery on silk foundation, linen back Technique: embroidered in satin, stem and knot stitches using 22 colors on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 60 × 42.2 cm (23 5/8 × 16 5/8 in.)