Design for Embroidery, Gentleman's Waistcoat Pocket, Mademoiselle Calva, French, active late 18th century, Brush and gouache, pen and brown ink, graphite on cream laid paper, Design for the embroidery of the left bottom part of a man's waistcoat or gilet featuring a pocket. The design features two fantastical peacocks preying for insects, plants, and festoons. Blue flowers and yellow leaves decorate the rectangular pocket flap, and a branch with blue flowers and yellow leaves rises above and to the left of the flap. Design includes buttonholes on the left. Verso: five yellow birds with yellow leaves rising from two of them., Lyon, France, ca. 1785, embroidery & stitching, Drawing, Drawing
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Design, Embroidery, Gentleman's Waistcoat Pocket, Mademoiselle Calva, French, active late 18th century, Brush, gouache, pen, brown ink, graphite, cream laid paper, Design, embroidery, left bottom part, man's waistcoat, gilet featuring, pocket, design features two fantastical peacocks preying, insects, plants, festoons, Blue flowers, yellow leaves decorate, rectangular pocket flap, branch, blue flowers, yellow leaves rises, left, flap, Design includes buttonholes, left, Verso, five yellow birds, yellow leaves rising, two, Lyon, France, ca, 1785, embroidery & stitching, Drawing, Drawing
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