Object Details
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Description
- Sweetheart gift from World War I. A hand-made adornment that consists of a blue fabric exterior and American flag interior. When folded in half, the gift has a clear front. A white patch has been sewn in the center of the blue fabric and embroidered with the text, [For Liberty] and the flags of Italy, Japan, United States, France, and Great Britain. Underneath embroidered in yellow script is the word [Engineers]. Both horizontal sides have a blue fabric bow and a piece of blue fabric at the bottom is used to tie it closed.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Alan Laird
- 1917-1918
- Object number
- 2017.111.22
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- needlework (visual works)
- Medium
- thread and ribbon on fabric
- Dimensions
- H x W (closed with ribbon): 11 1/4 × 11 1/8 × 3/4 in. (28.6 × 28.3 × 1.9 cm)
- H x W x D (open with ribbon): 11 1/8 × 23 × 7/16 in. (28.3 × 58.4 × 1.2 cm)
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Design
- Families
- Military
- Social life and customs
- World War I
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2017.111.22
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd52a34b342-fb30-4169-8ebf-0f8b51f9c408
