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Textile fragment
Artist/Maker
Depicted (American, 1732 – 1799)

Textile fragment

ca. 1876
Place madeCranston, Rhode Island, United States, North America
andFall River, Massachusetts
Cotton
Overall: 5 1/2 x 12 in. ( 14 x 30.5 cm )
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
1941.110
This textile was probably made around the time of the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia.
DescriptionCotton copperplate-printed textile fragment with a repeating pattern of a medallion portrait of George Washington with "1776" below, surrounded by garlands in sepia ink and alternating with a red and sepia shield with an image of scales "& PEACE."
Markingsprinted: below portrait: "1776" printed: on shield: "& PEACE"
ClassificationsTEXTILES
Kerchiefs (two uncut)
Kerchiefs (two uncut)
Germantown Print Works
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Textile fragment
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Textile fragment
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William Shakespeare
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1937.517
Textile fragment
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F. Schumacher & Company
1932
1941.665
Textile fragment
Textile fragment
Horatio Nelson
1806
1950.221
The Effect of Principle, Behold the Man
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ca. 1806
1937.583
The Effect of Principle, Behold the Man
The Effect of Principle, Behold the Man
Germantown Print Works
ca. 1806
1941.104
The Love of Truth Mark the Boy
The Love of Truth Mark the Boy
Germantown Print Works
ca. 1806
1941.117
Textile fragment
Textile fragment
1780-1850
Z.1563
Textile fragment
Textile fragment
1780-1850
INV.1094
Samuel Slater, father of American manufacturers
Samuel Slater, father of American manufacturers
Cranston Print Works
1890
1945.148