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Waistcoat

Cooper Hewitt

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Object Details

Catalogue Status

Research in Progress

Description

Waistcoat of pale pink velvet with black horizontal stripes has alternating rows of hunting scenes. One row has two men on horseback, one with a French horn, with hunting dogs in pursuit of a deer. The other has a carriage drawn by four horses followed by another man on horseback. Decorated with pink and yellow-green fringe.

Credit Line

Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf

Date

ca. 1790

Accession Number

1962-54-12

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

costume & accessories
Waistcoat

Medium

Medium: silk Technique: cut voided supplementary warp pile in a twill foundation

Dimensions

H x W: 67.3 × 54 cm (26 1/2 × 21 1/4 in.)

made in

France or Spain

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Textiles Department

Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4cf086dcd-fcde-4113-b892-81fd82c059ce

Record ID

chndm_1962-54-12

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