Waistcoat fronts
date: label: Date
content: late 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Waistcoat fronts (separated) of white silk in small checkered design with paired horizontal silver threads. Embroidered with green silk, silver sequins and thread, rose tinsel in design of twisting ribbons and feathers. Cameo under each pocket.
place: label: made in
content: France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1903-15-3-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Waistcoat fronts
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, silver foil wrapped around a silk core, metallic sequins and tinsel Technique: embroidery on twill weave
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (a): 66 × 40 cm (26 × 15 3/4 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (b): 67.9 × 40.6 cm (26 3/4 in. × 16 in.)