Object Details
- Description
- WWI French stitchery: large drawstring knitting bag. One side has the French Third Republic emblem motif (blue "RF" embroidered on red shield at top; 4 masted French flags below; green and white croix de guerre [war cross] at bottom with gold center) with "1918" embroidered underneath in red. The other side depicts 7 soldiers from different Allied nations. Proceeding from left to right, the soldiers are as follows: French (holding a large French flag), Russian, British, Belgian, American, Serbian, and Italian. To the right of the soldiers is a flag pole flying the Allied flags, from top to bottom: Italy, Serbia, America, Belgium, Britain, Russian Empire, and France. Below the soldiers is "1914 - 1918" stitched in red and blue. Green embroidery along the bottom and green X stitch holding drawstring on both sides. A rusty needle is in the top flap of the bag. 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
- 2011.0086.18
- catalog number
- 2011.0086.18
- accession number
- 2011.0086
- Object Name
- bag
- Physical Description
- linen (overall material)
- thread (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 20 3/4 in x 14 1/2 in; 52.705 cm x 36.83 cm
- place made
- France
- See more items in
- Military and Society: Armed Forces History, General
- Military
- French WWI Stitchery
- Textiles
- National Museum of American History
- related event
- World War I
- Record ID
- nmah_1591217
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746af-9a6c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
