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Waistcoat (France)
This is a Waistcoat. It is dated ca. 1790 and we acquired it in 1962. Its medium is silk embroidery on silk foundation, linen back and its technique is embroidered in satin, stem and knot stitches on plain weave foundation. It is a part of the Textiles department.
Gentleman's Waistcoat
France, 1780–1790
Front: Embroidery in satin, stem, and knot stitches using twenty-two colors of silk on silk plain weave
Back: Linen plain weave
Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf, 1962-54-43
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.
- Necklace Necklace
- clear and mirrored arcylic, flower petals, leaves, insects, silver, pigment.
- The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
- 2016-34-61
Its dimensions are
H x W x D: 60 × 42.2 cm (23 5/8 × 16 5/8 in.)
Cite this object as
Waistcoat (France); silk embroidery on silk foundation, linen back; H x W x D: 60 × 42.2 cm (23 5/8 × 16 5/8 in.); Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf; 1962-54-43
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Embroidered and Embellished.
