Object Details
- Description
- WWI French stitchery: tea napkin with Kingdom of Italy coat of arms motif (red shield with white cross at center; gold and pink crown at top; 4 masted Italian flags surrounding shield). Green embroidery around edges. Pictured at bottom left of photo. Made by French peasant women in French Lorraine. 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
- 2011.0086.12
- catalog number
- 2011.0086.12
- accession number
- 2011.0086
- Object Name
- tea napkin
- Physical Description
- linen (overall material)
- thread (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 9 3/4 in x 9 3/4 in; 24.765 cm x 24.765 cm
- place made
- France
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, General
- Military
- French WWI Stitchery
- National Museum of American History
- related event
- World War I
- Record ID
- nmah_1591198
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746af-bcc3-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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