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Waistcoat
From the collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Gentleman's embroidered waistcoat with standing collar, straight hem, pocket welts and covered buttons. Embroidered in multicolored silks in more than twenty colors. Over-all spot pattern of flowers and butterflies on the top half. Leafy branches, flowers and insects such as beetles, caterpillars, butterflies, and dragonflies are on the bottom half.
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s own descriptionCredit lineWaistcoat. ca. 1790. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf. CC0.
