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: Embroidery design for a waistcoat or gilet featuring olive-colored edges with rows of blue beads inside. The flap of the pocket shows bunches of two flowers in the center and on the left and a single flower to the right. The flap flowers are positioned on top of curved boughs of green leaves. Branches of flowers are shown over the bottom edge of the waistcoat. An undulated leaf bough and two obliquely disposed flowers appear beside the oblique edge. The flowers in the design incorporate the colors purple, blue, olive, yellow, and green. Two small scenes featuring trees and buildings appear in blue in the center of the design, between the pocket flap and the bottom edge of the waistcoat.
place: label: made in
content: Lyon, 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: 1925-2-507
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 gouache, watercolor, and graphite on cream laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 20.6 × 32 cm (8 1/8 × 12 5/8 in.)