Design for Embroidery, Gentleman's Waistcoat Pocket
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1785
name: label: Designer
content: Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The waistcoat or gilet pocket flap shows garlands of light green leaves, while the area of the pocket below the flap contains garlands of yellow flowers. The flap shows a bird on the left, a bird and shovel upon a flower basket in the center, and a tree on the right. The area below the pocket flap includes rabbits, assorted birds, and a mouse in a trap. Lilac edges with rows of yellow beads and purple, blue, and yellow floral garlands appear along the edge of the waistcoat pocket and pocket flap.
place: label: made in
content: Lyons, France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1920-36-60
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and watercolor, gouache, pen and black, purple ink, and graphite on cream laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 17.3 × 30.4 cm (6 13/16 × 11 15/16 in.)