Design for the Embroidery of a Man's Waistcoat, Brush and gouche, white on paper, Five buttonholes are shown over a rectangular violet and yellow edged corner at left. A black, yellow edged moulding connects the inner ends of the botton holes and is to run parallel to the bottom edge of the waistcoat. Blue feathery wreaths and three dots are to alternate as decorations of the moulding, from the inner side of which boughs grow. Flower boughs are shown between the buttonholes. The field is to be decorated with rows of three dots alternating in alternative rows with a leaf bough and with a half flower plant., France, 1780–1790, Drawing, Drawing
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Design, Embroidery, Man's Waistcoat, Brush, gouche, white, paper, Five buttonholes, shown, rectangular violet, yellow edged corner, left, black, yellow edged moulding connects, inner ends, botton holes, run parallel, bottom edge, waistcoat, Blue feathery wreaths, three dots, alternate, decorations, moulding, inner side, boughs grow, Flower boughs, shown, buttonholes, field, decorated, rows, three dots alternating, alternative rows, leaf bough, half flower plant, France, 1780–1790, Drawing, Drawing
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