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Suspender (one of a pair)
French
early 19th century
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Silk; taffeta with silk embroidery, leather, metal springs, and silk backing
Dimensions
80 x 5.5 cm (31 1/2 x 2 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number43.2005a
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionWhite silk embroidered with polychrome silk pastoral vignettes (slave and master, man kneeling before woman, woman lying at man's feet, man and woman with animal, man and woman under cape, woman and two children) with wreaths between. Elasticized kid strap with button-hole at one end. White silk back and binding.
ProvenancePurchased by donor in 1928.