Object Details
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Ribbed silk in narrow perpendicular stripe of green and brown. Elaborately embroidered in multi-colored silk; floral design with small areas of applied silk, also embroidered. Style slightly cutaway. Standing collar, embroidered. Eight large embroidered buttons.
Credit Line
Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf
Date
1770–1800
Accession Number
1962-54-59
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
costume & accessories
Man's coat
Medium
Medium: silk Technique: floats of continuous supplementary weft, floats of a supplementary warp, and embroidery (using silk, satin, stem, and knot stitches)
Dimensions
H x W x D: 100 x 38 x 5 cm (39 3/8 x 14 15/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
folded
made in
France
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1962-54-59