Silk Jacquard-woven picture: French country town
date: label: date made
content: ca 1949
notes: label: Description
content: Silk jacquard picture woven in France prior to 1949. Picture depicts a French country town scene in front of a “Confiserie” with a woman in cap and apron on a step ladder cleaning a lantern. Seated below is a man with a pail and rags. At the bottom is the label “Jacquard Tapestry....French Merci Train.sent by the French...in gratitude for the Friendship Train of food from the American people.”. Weaving is mounted on cardboard panel .
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
topic: label: related event
content: World War II
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Suzanne S. Lippy
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2002.0244.01
label: accession number
content: 2002.0244
label: catalog number
content: 2002.0244.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Jacquard picture
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: jacquard woven (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 1/2 in x 12 1/8 in; 39.37 cm x 30.7975 cm