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Project number 1599 of the Fabrique de St. Ruf, for Gentleman's Embroidered Waistcoat

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Waving boughs and flowers decorate the pocket flap and lower left corner of waistcoat. Framing border with tiny boughs. Reverse: sketches of bowl in wreath and festoons and corner motif.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Designer
Mademoiselle Bailieu, French, active ca. 1785
Date
ca. 1785
Credit Line
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and gouache on off-white laid paper
Dimensions
22.8 x 37.5 cm (9 x 14 3/4 in. )
Type
embroidery & stitching
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
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