Drawstring knitting bag with French Third Republic emblem
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 "1916" embroidered underneath in red. The other side has a scene of 4 French cavalry members with 4 brown horses in a wooded area. Green embroidery along the bottom and green X stitch holding drawstring on both sides. 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: 2011.0086.16
label: catalog number
content: 2011.0086.16
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: 21 1/2 in x 15 1/2 in; 54.61 cm x 39.37 cm