Waistcoat fronts
date: label: Date
content: 1765–1780
notes: label: Description
content: Two waistcoat fronts of cloth of silver with gold metallic threads. The fronts are embroidered with an all-over pattern of gold sequins; a narrow band of embroidery follows the center front and lower edges, and the pocket area is decorated with embroidered garlands of flowers, all in gold.
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: 1962-54-9-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Waistcoat fronts
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, metal, sequins Technique: embroidery using coils of gold colored wire and sequins on a plain weave foundation with continuous supplementary metallic wefts in a twill binding
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (each front): 82.2 × 25.1 cm (32 3/8 × 9 7/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (as photographed): 82.2 × 73 cm (32 3/8 × 28 3/4 in.)