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Waistcoat

1730–50 · Medium: silk, buckram Technique: embroidered in satin, running and knot stitches, with couched crimped thread on a satin foundation. The garment is lined with silk moiré and the skirt in interlined with buckram (sized heavy linen plain weave)

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

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Costume accessories Costume Waistcoats (garments)

Credit lineWaistcoat. 1730–50. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf. CC0.

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