Tea napkin with French Third Republic emblem
date: label: date made
content: ca 1914-1918
notes: label: Description
content: WWI French stitchery: tea napkin with French Third Republic emblem motif (black and 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). Green embroidery around edges. Pictured at bottom center of photo (unfolded napkin). 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: 2011.0086.08
label: catalog number
content: 2011.0086.08
label: accession number
content: 2011.0086
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tea napkin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: linen (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 3/4 in x 9 3/4 in; 24.765 cm x 24.765 cm