Object Details
- Description
- Gentleman's embroidered waistcoat with standing collar, straight hem, pocket welts and covered buttons. Embroidered in multicolored silks in more than twenty colors. Over-all spot pattern of flowers and butterflies on the top half. Leafy branches, flowers and insects such as beetles, caterpillars, butterflies, and dragonflies are on the bottom half.
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Date
- ca. 1790
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf
- Medium
- Medium: silk embroidery on silk foundation, linen back Technique: embroidered in satin, stem and knot stitches using 22 colors on plain weave foundation
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 60 × 42.2 cm (23 5/8 × 16 5/8 in.)
- Type
- costume & accessories
- Waistcoat
