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Woman's embroidered waistcoat
French
About 1880
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Silk satin with silk tambour embroidery
Dimensions
60.5 x 25 cm (23 13/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Lila Wetherbee
Accession Number52.1371a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionNot made up, cream white satin ground, with design of flowers tied with ribbons, worked with several shades of pink, violet, green, and bue, in chain stitch, with narrow border of dots separated by serpentine line worked with several shades of pale brown. Satin cracked.