"Marshal Foch" silk jacquard-woven picture
date: label: date made
content: c.1918
name: label: subject of picture
content: Foch, Ferdinand
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This jacquard woven silk picture in black, white, and shades of gray depicts French Marshal Ferdinand Foch, general and hero of World War I and Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in France at the end of the war, with celebratory and commemorative details. Foch, in uniform, is at center, in the foreground at bottom are sprays of oak and laurel (?) branches, above and behind him is an array of Allied flags, with the Arc de Triomphe at upper left and a female allegorical figure of Liberty or France at upper right. The single word "Foch" is at center bottom, and the initials P.K. (either the artist or manufacturer) are at lower right. The Marshal is depicted wearing a cap ornamented with bands of oak leaves that formed part of the design inspiration for the H.R. Mallinson La Victoire "Dedicated to Marshal Foch" design, TE*T04088.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: related event
content: World War I
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mr. A. E. Wullschleger
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T11688.000
label: catalog number
content: T11688.000
label: accession number
content: 216477
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Picture
label: Object Name
content: Jacquard woven silk picture
label: Object Name
content: Jacquard-woven silk picture
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: jacquard loom woven (overall production method/technique)