Waistcoat fronts
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1780
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Man's waistcoat fronts in off-white ribbed silk with an allover design of diagonal rows of field flowers and clumps of grass. Center front and pockets have elaborate bouquets and butterflies embroidered in multicolored silk in realistic, natural tones.
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: Gift of the estate of Mrs. Lathrop Colgate Harper
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1957-180-26-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Waistcoat fronts
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk Technique: embroidered on plain weave
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (a): 71.1 × 37.5 cm (28 in. × 14 3/4 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (b): 73 × 36.2 cm (28 3/4 × 14 1/4 in.)