Design for the Embroidery of a Waistcoat
Unknown Maker
A border stripe is shown at left with a ribbon loosely surrounding a rising thin pole. Two kinds of flower boughs fastened together by bow knots rise in intertwined waves. Three boughs are shown. On verso: a circle in graphite.
Credit: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
1780-1800
Graphite, brush and gouache on paper
1921-22-225
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020
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