Fragments
date: label: Date
content: 1750–1800
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two coat or waistcoat pocket flaps (components b/c) are lined with ivory silk plain twill. Left top waistband of breeches (component a) are lined with linen plain weave. Purple uncut pile has background floats in a secondary purple silk weft. Purple uncut pile forms a small allover design of hexagons, each enclosing a round dot. Waistband has pocket attached with button closure and three buttonholes at the left edge.
place: label: made in
content: France
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 the Estate of Herman A. Elsberg
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1939-57-30-a/c
objectType: label: Type
content: woven textiles
label: Type
content: Fragments
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk Technique: uncut voided supplementary warp pile (velvet) with supplementary weft
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (a): 15.3 × 39 cm (6 in. × 15 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (b): 9.2 × 22.4 cm (3 5/8 × 8 13/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (c): 10.1 × 22.5 cm (4 in. × 8 7/8 in.)