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Manufacturer:
Anderson Brothers Silk Company, (Paterson, NJ, USA, founded ca. 1885)  Search this
Subject:
Betsy Ross  Search this
Medium:
Medium: silk Technique: jacquard woven
Dimensions:
H x W: 22.2 × 13.3 cm (8 3/4 × 5 1/4 in.)
Type:
woven textiles
Picture
Made in:
Paterson, New Jersey, USA
Date:
1904
Description:
Woven picture of a seated Betsy Ross sewing the first American flag was made for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition or as it was commonly known, the St. Louis World’s Fair of 1904. Betsy Ross sits with the flag on the front porch of a clapboard house with a spinning wheel and cat. Scene was originally flanked by the 1905 calendar: first half of the year on the left and the second half on the right. Both have been cut away.
Credit Line:
American Textile History Museum Collection
Accession Number:
2016-35-75
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Textiles Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4a5c1eec0-9166-4578-9eee-e897992806bc
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_2016-35-75