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Baby jacket of cream silk with embroidered floral motifs
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Baby jacket of cream silk with embroidered floral motifs

anonymous · c. 1690 - c. 1720 · embroidering; sewing; weaving; linen (material); silk

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Baby jacket of cream-colored silk embroidered with floral scattered motif in yellow silk and trimmed with same taffeta band. Model: round neck, gored body with high sleeve insertion and long close-fitting sleeves. The set-in sleeves have two seams. The back is completely open in the middle. Fully lined with linen. Decoration: from a central axis with three flower branches at equal distance below each other, a scattered motif with varying flower branches. Above the hem, along the open back panels and the ends of the sleeves a border of winding, curled leaf and flower stems between two straight lines.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineBaby jacket of cream silk with embroidered floral motifs. c. 1690 - c. 1720. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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