Bag with French soldiers
date: label: date made
content: ca 1914-1918
notes: label: Description
content: WWI French stitchery: medium-sized bag with two flaps and crocheted strap. Front side has "1914-1918" in embroidered in red on the flap with a red and blue border. Below are 4 French military figures (from left to right): one man in light blue uniform holding French flag; one Zouave in red hat and pantaloons, short blue jacket; one man in blue uniform with light blue cape and hat; one man in red hat and pants, blue jacket, carrying a drum. Inside is a wrapper for knitting needles. 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: 2011.0086.17
label: catalog number
content: 2011.0086.17
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: 9 1/2 in x 10 1/4 in; 24.13 cm x 26.035 cm