Ribbon
- Object Name:
- Ribbon
- Object ID:
- 1996.506.24
- Creator:
- Tilt, Benjamin B.
- Place of Origin:
- Paterson, NJ
- Date:
- 1876
- Description:
- Centennial ribbon, white silk. Black woven oval portrait of George Washington within blue woven cartouche. Text above portrait: "THESE UNITED COLONIES ARE / AND OF RIGHT OUGHT TO BE / FREE AND INDEPENDENT STATES." Below portrait are 13 red and blue vertical banners with names of the original states. "1776" and "1876" woven in red. Yellow woven stars. Red, white, and blue woven shield at bottom, with blue banner that reads "E PLURIBUS UNUM". Black woven laurel and oak leaves below. Bottom corners folded to back. Black woven text on back at top: "B.B. TILT SON, N.Y. PATERSON, N.J." Black woven eagle trademark on back, bottom right.
- Material:
- Textile
Silk - Dimensions:
- H-7.7 W-2.1 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- Washington, George (1732-1799)
- Subjects:
- Centennial, Centennial celebrations, Eagle, Oak leaves, Laurels, Washington, George
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