Cocktail napkin with Kingdom of Italy flag
Cocktail napkin with Kingdom of Italy flag
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- Description
- Cocktail napkin with Kingdom of Italy flag motif (green, white, and red tricolor; blue and red embroidery in the white stripe). Green embroidery around edges. Made by French peasant women in French Lorraine during World War I. Sold in America through the Society for Employment of Women in France.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- cocktail napkin
- date made
- ca 1914-1918
- place made
- France
- Physical Description
- linen (overall material)
- thread (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 4 7/8 in x 4 7/8 in; 12.3825 cm x 12.3825 cm
- ID Number
- 2011.0086.02
- catalog number
- 2011.0086.02
- accession number
- 2011.0086
- Credit Line
- Gift in honor of Elizabeth Dayton Johnson Napier (Mrs. George Ferry Napier) and Helen Napier Mayers (Mrs. D. Alexander Mayers)
- World War I
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, General
- Military
- French WWI Stitchery
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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