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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, linen and its technique is chain stitch embroidery made with a hook using 12 colors of silk, on silk plain weave. back: linen plain weave. It is a part of the Textiles department.
Gentleman's Waistcoat
France or Italy, 1780–1795
Front: Embroidery in chain stitch made with a tambour hook using twelve colors of silk on silk plain weave
Back: Linen plain weave
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: 66 x 50.2 cm (26 x 19 3/4 in.)
Cite this object as
Waistcoat (France); silk, linen; H x W: 66 x 50.2 cm (26 x 19 3/4 in.); Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf; 1962-54-55
