Waistcoat front, Medium: silk, metal-wrapped silk, metal wire, paillettes, paste jewels Technique: embroidery using satin, stem and knot stitches on plain weave, Waistcoat right front panel with standing collar, straight hem edge, and pocket welts in ivory silk. Embroidered in twelve colors of silk floss, with metal-wrapped silk threads, coils of metal wire, sequins, and paste jewels. Overall tiny floral sprig, small-scale floral border at center front, and a design of a blindfolded Cupid being driven by a bird. Trimmed with four color woven silk fringe., France, 1780–95, embroidery

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