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Design For the Embroidery of a Man's Waistcoat of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"

Fabrique de Saint Ruf

The left bottom corner is shown. Roses combined with fantastical flowers, and small plants, grow from the border lines. A bunch of flowers at the pocket.

Credit: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt...

c. 1785
Graphic, brush and white gouache on paper
1920-36-217
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
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