Vestee
date: label: Date
content: 18th–early 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vestee of heavy cream-colored linen embroidered in black wool. The round neck opening has a deep slit in the front which is embroidered on both sides with wide bands of heavily worked spirals. Around the collar are cross-stitched designs of stylized plants and birds. Both sides, corresponding to the shoulder area, have broad bands of stylized plant forms and small stags.The vestee is pulled over the head and tied at the sides with black and white tapes.
place: label: made in
content: Lagartera, Toledo, Spain
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1954-73-1
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Vestee
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: wool embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in satin and cross stitches on plain weave
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (shoulder to hem): 31.1 x 50.8 cm (12 1/4 x 20 in.)