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Waistcoat (France)
This is a Waistcoat. It is dated 1780–95 and we acquired it in 1962. Its medium is silk and its technique is chain stitch embroidery made with a tambour hook in twenty-four colors of silk, on silk plain weave. It is a part of the Textiles department.
Gentleman's Waistcoat
France, 1780–1795
Front: Embroidery in chain stitch made with a tambour hook in twenty-four colors of silk on silk plain weave
Back: Linen plain weave
Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf, 1962-54-56
When the waistcoat was new the figures in the boat had paper faces pasted onto the fabric.
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: 68.6 x 46.4 cm (27 x 18 1/4 in.)
Cite this object as
Waistcoat (France); silk; H x W: 68.6 x 46.4 cm (27 x 18 1/4 in.); Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf; 1962-54-56
