Brush and comb case: "Aeroplanes guarding Paris"

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Description
Rectangular brush and comb case with scene of "Aeroplanes Guarding Paris" embroidered on front. Four gold airplanes fly over a gray and black Paris skyline. Red and blue border. Price tag is pinned to the inside flap and reads: "$1.50 / Brush & / comb case / "Aeroplanes / guarding / Paris"." Made by French peasant women in French Lorraine during World War I. Sold in America through the Society for Employment of Women in France.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift in honor of Elizabeth Dayton Johnson Napier (Mrs. George Ferry Napier) and Helen Napier Mayers (Mrs. D. Alexander Mayers)
ca 1914-1918
ID Number
2011.0086.20
catalog number
2011.0086.20
accession number
2011.0086
Object Name
case, linen
Physical Description
linen (overall material)
thread (overall material)
Measurements
overall, folded: 4 1/2 in x 9 1/2 in; 11.43 cm x 24.13 cm
overall, open: 9 1/4 in x 9 3/4 in; 23.495 cm x 24.765 cm
place made
France
National Museum of American History
related event
World War I
Record ID
nmah_1591223
Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text)
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Rectangular brush and comb case with scene of "Aeroplanes Guarding Paris" embroidered on front. Four gold airplanes fly over a gray and black Paris skyline. Red and blue border.
Brush and comb case with scene of 'Aeroplanes Guarding Paris' embroidered on front, WWI
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