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Waistcoat
1780–95
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Man's waistcoat with standing collar and welt pockets. Embroidered on the center front edges with floral motifs and at the lower edge with images of river gods, on puce silk.
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Details
- Title: Waistcoat
- Date Created: 1780–95
- Location Created: France
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Medium: silk, linen Technique: chain stitch embroidery made with a tambour hook using 12 colors of silk, on silk plain weave. Back: linen plain weave
- Credit line: Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf
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