Object Details
- Description
- WWI French stitchery: tea napkin with French Third Republic emblem motif (black and 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). Green embroidery around edges. Pictured at bottom center of photo (unfolded napkin). 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
- 2011.0086.08
- catalog number
- 2011.0086.08
- 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
- Military and Society: Armed Forces History, General
- Military
- French WWI Stitchery
- National Museum of American History
- related event
- World War I
- Record ID
- nmah_1591193
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746af-bd27-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
