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Waistcoat Fronts, 1730–40
This is a Waistcoat fronts. It is dated 1730–40 and we acquired it in 1962. Its medium is silk, metal-wrapped silk core thread, flat metal strip and wire coil embroidery on silk foundation and its technique is embroidered in satin stitch on 7&1 satin foundation. It is a part of the Textiles department.
Right Front of Gentleman's Waistcoat
Italy or France, 1730–1740
Embroidery: Satin stitch using metal-wrapped silk and silk; thirteen colors of silk chenille, four metallic yarns, two silk yarns plied with metal, strips of flat metal and coils of wire couched on silk 7&1 satin foundation
Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf, 1962-54-5
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.
Its dimensions are
H x W (each front): 92.7 x 45.7 cm (36 1/2 x 18 in.)
Cite this object as
Waistcoat Fronts, 1730–40; silk, metal-wrapped silk core thread, flat metal strip and wire coil embroidery on silk foundation; H x W (each front): 92.7 x 45.7 cm (36 1/2 x 18 in.); Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf; 1962-54-5-a,b
