This design for a waistcoat pocket embroidery shows a small hunting scene surrounded by oversized flowers and small floral borders. The drawing is done with opaque gouache in muted hues, ink, and graphite. On the upper half of the cream-colored paper is a faint graphite sketch of a pointed pocket flap. The sides and bottom are bordered with a simple vine in pale purple and green. Above the bottom vine is a brown line, perhaps marking the edge of the flap. Below the point of the flap is a small hunting scene, with a grey dog stalking right, and three grey geese flying right out of the golden-brown surrounding grasses. Centered on the ground line of this scene is an oversized posy of pink roses and spiky blue thistle-like flowers, with green foliage - the flowers are larger than the dog. To the left of the dog are two oversized red-orange poppy flowers on a wavy stem. An angled L-shaped brown line encloses the design, with a border of pink and purple flower tufts just inside the line.

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1920	We acquired this object.
2015	We photographed this object.
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Drawing, Design for Embroidery, Gentleman's Waistcoat Pocket

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Fabrique de Saint Ruf. It is dated ca. 1785 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is brush and gouache, pen and brown ink, graphite on cream laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This waistcoat pocket design shows a hunting hound as it flushes ducks from a marsh, possibly a French pointer, known for the regal shape of its head.

This object was donated by Eleanor Garnier Hewitt and Sarah Cooper Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

18.4 × 31.3 cm (7 1/4 × 12 5/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Faded or partial stamp in black ink, lower left, probably L.457c or L.457d (Cooper Union stamp)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Embroidery, Gentleman's Waistcoat Pocket; Designed by Fabrique de Saint Ruf; France; brush and gouache, pen and brown ink, graphite on cream laid paper; 18.4 × 31.3 cm (7 1/4 × 12 5/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1920-36-324

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Embroidered and Embellished.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2BkT6/
Accession Number 1920-36-324
Object ID 18212295