Waistcoat
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Object Details
- Description
- Gentleman's waistcoat in ivory silk faille with embroidery on collar, pockets, center fronts and lower edge. Embroidered in 22 shades of silk with floral garlands which form circles down the center front when the waistcoat is buttoned.
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf
- 1770–80
- Accession Number
- 1962-54-21
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- costume & accessories
- Waistcoat
- Medium
- Medium: silk Technique: embroidered in satin, stem, and chain stitches (made with a tambour hook) on plain weave foundation Label: silk embroidered with silk in satin, stem and chain stitches
- Dimensions
- H x W: 76.8 × 63.5 cm (30 1/4 × 25 in.)
- made in
- England
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Textiles Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1962-54-21
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4301d95ea-4497-45c2-900a-0a319c60a6f2
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