Waistcoat
date: label: Date
content: 1785–95
name: label: After
content: Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune, (French, 1741–1814)
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: White silk waistcoat with high stand collar and straight hem edge. Very deep border at front edges of a curving, flowering vine. At the bottom, embroidered figures in classical dress stand in front of a stone balustrade with urns of flowers and fruit trees. The figures represent Dido, Queen of Carthage, and the Trojan hero Aeneas, from the opera entitled Didon by Piccini and Marmontel, produced in 1785. The figure of Dido is after a drawing by Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune for the costume worn by Mlle. de Saint-Huberty. In twenty-five colors of silk.
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: 1962-54-47
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Waistcoat
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk and metallic embroidery on silk foundation, linen back Technique: embroidered in silk in knot, stem, and satin stitches; metallic yarn in satin stitch; couched silk cord; appliqué of three plain weave silk fabrics; on plain weave foundation Label: silk embroidered with silk and metallic yarns in knot, stem, satin and couching stitches, with appliqué
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 64.8 x 56.5 cm (25 1/2 x 22 1/4 in.)