Drawstring knitting bag with Allied soldiers
date: label: date made
content: ca 1914-1918
notes: label: Description
content: WWI French stitchery: large drawstring knitting bag. One side has the French Third Republic emblem motif (blue "RF" embroidered on red shield at top; 4 masted French flags below; green and white croix de guerre [war cross] at bottom with gold center) with "1918" embroidered underneath in red. The other side depicts 7 soldiers from different Allied nations. Proceeding from left to right, the soldiers are as follows: French (holding a large French flag), Russian, British, Belgian, American, Serbian, and Italian. To the right of the soldiers is a flag pole flying the Allied flags, from top to bottom: Italy, Serbia, America, Belgium, Britain, Russian Empire, and France. Below the soldiers is "1914 - 1918" stitched in red and blue. Green embroidery along the bottom and green X stitch holding drawstring on both sides. A rusty needle is in the top flap of the bag. 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
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content: Textiles
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: 2011.0086.18
label: catalog number
content: 2011.0086.18
label: accession number
content: 2011.0086
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bag
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: linen (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20 3/4 in x 14 1/2 in; 52.705 cm x 36.83 cm