Unfinished Design for a Waistcoat

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Unfinished design for the embroidered border of a man's waistcoat. A fantastical plant which shows two blossoms, rises from a patch of moss and blue flowers. A border motif is sketched at left: star blossoms connected by lines.
Credit Line
Gift of Jacob H. Schiff
1785-1795
Accession Number
1906-21-202
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Pencil and various gouache watercolors on paper
Dimensions
19.3 × 13.9 cm (7 5/8 × 5 1/2 in.)
made in
France
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Record ID
chndm_1906-21-202
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq48af3c7bb-ac75-4b76-ac9e-0ba38e2437d0
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