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Waistcoat panels

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Beige colored fabric with frayed edges, right corner folded over to the back. Embroidered design in bottom right corner depicts two folded rectangles with flower and leaf pattern in shades of yellow, orange, brown, red on white background. Rectangles outlined in brown thread. Rectangles have fringe along bottom edge. Floral pattern continues along right edge and up along right side. Small butterflies and seeds depicted rising from rectangles, scattered across fabric.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1780
Medium
Silk
Dimensions
430 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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