Cooper Hewitt
Waistcoat, uncut
1780–95
Panel of ivory silk satin embroidered with the left and right fronts of a gentleman's waistcoat, with stand collar, pocket welts, and button covers. The embroidery consists of an overall scattered floral with floral borders up the center front; on the pockets and at hem edge are scenes of monkeys drinking rum and playing musical instruments. In sixteen colors of floss silk.
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