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Design for Embroidery, Gentleman's Waistcoat Pocket

ca. 1780

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Rectangular corner of a waistcoat or gilet, showing the welt pocket. The welt includes black pseudo-Chinese characters on either side of two parrots in blue, yellow, orange and red with green palmettes in their beaks. Chinoiserie flowers in pink, purple, yellow, blue, red, orange, and brown surround the welt.

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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