Design for the Embroidered Decoration of a Man's Waistcoatr, Design 1876 of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"
Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Lilac edges. The flap of the pocket shows a chain motif, a garland and plants in the bottom corners. A chain and a grass motif are to alternate along the edges of the waistcoat. Flower boughs surround the outer edge of the pocket. Written top center: "P 1876". A patch of white invalidates some strokes.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Date
- ca. 1785
- Accession Number
- 1920-36-39
- Designer
- Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Graphite, brush and gouache on paper
- Dimensions
- 12 × 29.3 cm (4 3/4 × 11 9/16 in.)
- made in
- France
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Record ID
- chndm_1920-36-39
