Waistcoat fragments
date: label: Date
content: 1770–80
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Fragments of an embroidered waistcoat with straight hem. Cream silk embroidered with pattern of small scattered flowers and sequins. Embroidered with larger pattern of flower bouquets with false jewels along middle, and on and below pocket flaps. Silk-covered buttons embroidered with flowers.
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: 1962-54-26-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Waistcoat fragments
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, sequins (paillettes), false jewels and 3 kinds of metal-wrapped silk, on silk Technique: embroidered with satin and stem stitch, appliquéd on satin weave
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 75 × 35 cm (29 1/2 × 13 3/4 in.)