Design for Embroidery, Gentleman's Waistcoat Pocket
Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Design for the embroidery on a man's waistcoat or gilet. A grey dog and three grey geese appear below a pocket flap, surrounded by stalks of wheat. The dog and geese are separated by a bunch of pink and blue flowers. Two red flowers appear to the left of the dog. The bottom edges are bordered with purple and pink flowers, and small green leaves and purple dots line the edge of the flap.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Date
- ca. 1785
- Accession Number
- 1920-36-324
- Designer
- Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- embroidery & stitching
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Brush and gouache, pen and brown ink, graphite on cream laid paper
- Dimensions
- 18.4 × 31.3 cm (7 1/4 × 12 5/16 in.)
- made in
- Lyon, France
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Record ID
- chndm_1920-36-324
