Design for Embroidery, Corner of Gentleman's Waistcoat
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1780
name: label: Style of
content: Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin, French, 1721–1786
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A chariot drawn by a butterfly and driven by another is followed by a third butterfly at the back. The butterflies are depicted in various colors and are all in profile facing left. An unfinished geometrical repeat pattern in yellow is seen below. A few numbers and letters in black ink are dispersed on the butterflies and the chariot. The design for the waistcoat or gilet is carried out in the manner of Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin's "Les Papilloneries Humaines."
place: label: made in
content: 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: 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: 1962-59-3
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, pen and black ink on oiled translucent paper, joined at center
label: Dimensions
content: 16.5 × 39.3 cm (6 1/2 × 15 1/2 in.)