Waistcoat fronts
date: label: Date
content: 1730–40
notes: label: Description
content: Two waistcoat fronts with a dense, large-scale floral border ornamenting the center front and lower edges and waistline. Embroidered in 13 colors of silk chenille, 4 metallic yarns, 2 silk yarns plied with metal, strips of flat metal and coils of wire couched on a brilliant yellow silk foundation.
place: label: made in
content: Italy or 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: 1962-54-5-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-wrapped silk core thread, flat metal strip and wire coil embroidery on silk foundation Technique: embroidered in satin stitch on 7&1 satin foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (each front): 92.7 x 45.7 cm (36 1/2 x 18 in.)