Object Details
- Description
- WWI French stitchery: medium-sized bag with two flaps and crocheted strap. Front side has "1914-1918" in embroidered in red on the flap with a red and blue border. Below are 4 French military figures (from left to right): one man in light blue uniform holding French flag; one Zouave in red hat and pantaloons, short blue jacket; one man in blue uniform with light blue cape and hat; one man in red hat and pants, blue jacket, carrying a drum. Inside is a wrapper for knitting needles. 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
- 2011.0086.17
- catalog number
- 2011.0086.17
- accession number
- 2011.0086
- Object Name
- bag
- Physical Description
- linen (overall material)
- thread (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 9 1/2 in x 10 1/4 in; 24.13 cm x 26.035 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_1591203
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746af-b07b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
