Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- The waistcoat or gilet pocket flap shows garlands of light green leaves, while the area of the pocket below the flap contains garlands of yellow flowers. The flap shows a bird on the left, a bird and shovel upon a flower basket in the center, and a tree on the right. The area below the pocket flap includes rabbits, assorted birds, and a mouse in a trap. Lilac edges with rows of yellow beads and purple, blue, and yellow floral garlands appear along the edge of the waistcoat pocket and pocket flap.
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Designer
- Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France
- Date
- ca. 1785
- Credit Line
- Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
- Medium
- Brush and watercolor, gouache, pen and black, purple ink, and graphite on cream laid paper
- Dimensions
- 17.3 × 30.4 cm (6 13/16 × 11 15/16 in.)
- Type
- embroidery & stitching
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
