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Waistcoat (France)
This is a Waistcoat. It is dated 1775–90 and we acquired it in 1962. Its medium is silk, linen and its technique is front: embroidery in satin, stem and knot stitches using 33 different silk yarns on silk 7&1 satin; appliqué of silk woven fabric. back: linen plain weave. It is a part of the Textiles department.
Gentleman's Waistcoat
France, 1775–1790
Front: Embroidery in satin, stem, and knot stitches using thirty-three different silk yarns on silk 7&1 satin; appliqué of silk woven fabric
Back: Linen plain weave
Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf, 1962-54-34
The awkward collar may indicate the garment was made by a tailor unfamiliar with the straight collar then fashionable in France.
Mr. Greenleaf purchased the waistcoat in Boston, Massachusetts in 1925 and believe it belonged to an eighteenth-century American.
This object was
bequest of
Richard Cranch Greenleaf (American, 1887–1961).
It is credited Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf.
Cite this object as
Waistcoat (France); silk, linen; Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf; 1962-54-34
