Object Details
- Description
- WWI French stitchery: tablecloth for a tea table with a brown and silver eagle in each corner. Each eagle holds the same 8 flags of Allied nations, 4 on each side. The flags on the left side are (top to bottom): Britain, Russia, Belgium, and Serbia. The flags on the right side are (top to bottom): France, Italy, Japan, and Romania. Each eagle holds an American shield emblem in its claws. Light green and brown embroidery resembling vines and wreathes border the tablecloth 4 inches from the edge. Light green zig-zag stitches along the tablecloth's edge. 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
- 2011.0086.19
- catalog number
- 2011.0086.19
- accession number
- 2011.0086
- Object Name
- tablecloth
- Physical Description
- linen (overall material)
- thread (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 34 3/4 in x 34 3/4 in; 88.265 cm x 88.265 cm
- place made
- France
- See more items in
- Military and Society: Armed Forces History, General
- Military
- French WWI Stitchery
- National Museum of American History
- related event
- World War I
- Record ID
- nmah_1591221
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746af-9a6d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
