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Flap for waistcoat pocket
French
second half of 18th century
Medium/Technique
Silk; velvet
Dimensions
Height x width: 9 1/16 x 5 5/16 in. (23 x 13.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of H. A. Elsberg
Accession Number34.156
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionGround: white silk cut pile. Design: powdering of small reddish brown and pale green spots; outline of flap, sprays and festoons of small roses also in reddish brown and pale green cut pile. Apparently spots have rotted silk in several places. See Algoud, Le Veloues, plate 33.