Allied tablecloth
date: label: date made
content: ca 1914-1918
notes: label: Description
content: WWI French stitchery: tablecloth for a tea table with a brown and silver eagle in each corner. Each eagle holds the same 8 flags of Allied nations, 4 on each side. The flags on the left side are (top to bottom): Britain, Russia, Belgium, and Serbia. The flags on the right side are (top to bottom): France, Italy, Japan, and Romania. Each eagle holds an American shield emblem in its claws. Light green and brown embroidery resembling vines and wreathes border the tablecloth 4 inches from the edge. Light green zig-zag stitches along the tablecloth's edge. Made by French peasant women in French Lorraine. Sold in America through the Society for Employment of Women in France.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
topic: label: related event
content: World War I
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, General
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content: Military
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content: French WWI Stitchery
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift in honor of Elizabeth Dayton Johnson Napier (Mrs. George Ferry Napier) and Helen Napier Mayers (Mrs. D. Alexander Mayers)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2011.0086.19
label: catalog number
content: 2011.0086.19
label: accession number
content: 2011.0086
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tablecloth
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: linen (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 34 3/4 in x 34 3/4 in; 88.265 cm x 88.265 cm