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Waistcoat front

1740–60 · Medium: silk and metal-wrapped silk-core threads on silk foundation Technique: plain weave with supplementary warp float patterning and discontinuous supplementary wefts (brocaded)

From the collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Left and right fronts of a gentleman's waistcoat. Large metallic scrolls and polychrome silk flowers on a textured ivory ground. Brocaded in 13 colors of silk and 6 metallic yarns.

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s own description

Subjects

Costume accessories Costume Waistcoats (garments)

Credit lineWaistcoat front. 1740–60. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf. CC0.

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