Salesman's samples
date: label: Date
content: late 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Salesman's samples for embroidered waistcoats. White satin worked in multicolored silks with designs of a rustic table set with a plant and fruit (component a) and a shady path with balustrade that leads to picturesque ruins (component b).
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: 1962-52-23-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Salesman's samples
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk Technique: embroidery using satin, stem and knot stitches on satin weave Label: silk embroidery using satin, stem and knot stitches on silk satin weave, black silk ribbon appliqué
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (a): 17.1 x 26.7 cm (6 3/4 x 10 1/2 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (b): 14.6 x 22.9 cm (5 3/4 x 9 in.)