Object Details
- Description
- WWI French stitchery: tea napkin with Kingdom of Serbia royal coat of arms motif (red and silver shield at center with gold crown on top of the shield; red, gold, and black embroidery surrounding the shield with a second gold crown at very top). Green embroidery around edges. Pictured at bottom right of photo. 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
- 2011.0086.07
- catalog number
- 2011.0086.07
- 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_1591192
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746af-bd26-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
