Waistcoat panels

probably French

ca. 1780

Not on view

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Title: Waistcoat panels
Date: ca. 1780
Culture: probably French
Medium: Silk satin embroidered with silk, metal thread and sequins
Dimensions: Length ((a) right panel): 30 in. (76.2 cm)
Length ((b) left panel): 30 1/2 in. (77.5 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Embroidered
Credit Line: Purchase, Irene Lewisohn Bequest, 1966
Object Number: C.I.66.59.2a, b
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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