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Traveling silk waistcoat embroidery sample Cooper Hewitt Museum
Traveling silk waistcoat embroidery sample Cooper Hewitt Museum
Traveling silk waistcoat embroidery sample Cooper Hewitt Museum
Silk Circles Brooch Linda May Studio grey

Traveling waistcoat embroidery salesmen.

Two hundred years ago, these silk waistcoat embroidery samples allowed gentlemen to purchase a Paris waistcoat without travelling to Paris. Today — in pristine condition — the samples are in the Cooper Hewitt Museum. My brooches are an even more portable silk flourish.

by Linda May | Design, Fashion

← Mosaics up close. Neon circles. →
Linda May Studio Exuberant Textile Jewelry

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Philadelphia, PA
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