Waistcoat
date: label: Date
content: late 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Gentleman's waistcoat, slightly cutaway with a straight edge bottom and collarless, in off-white taffeta is embroidered in brown and light gray-green. Tiny detached floral sprigs decorate the body while larger sprays and garland run along the center front. Garland extends to bottom edge, and pocket flaps and space below have leafy sprays.
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: 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: 1962-54-41
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Waistcoat
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk Technique: chain stitch embroidery on taffeta
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 64 × 50 cm (25 3/16 × 19 11/16 in.)