Afgan
date: label: date made
content: ca 1863
notes: label: Description
content: A crocheted wool afghan embroidered in wool cross stitch floral motifs. The center has a spread eagle with shield, arrows, and a fruited branch, and the initials “TP” and “USA.” Made for Tattnall Paulding by one of his sisters during the Civil War. Tattnall was born July 5, 1840 and at the outbreak of the Civil War was commissioned a First Lieutenant on May 14, 1861 and joined the New York regiment. He was captured at Gettysburg and spent nine months in Libby Prison in Richmond, VA. After being liberated he rejoined his regiment and resigned active duty July 1866. He died March 5, 1907. He was the grandfather of donor.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Brooklyn
label: made at
content: United States
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Victorian Needlework
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Col. and Mrs. Whitney Ashbridge
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T17764
label: catalog number
content: T17764.000
label: accession number
content: 316364
objectType: label: Object Name
content: crochet
label: Object Name
content: afghan
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: embroidery (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: crochet (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 79 in x 79 in; 200.66 cm x 200.66 cm