Banner

Object Name:

Banner

Object ID:

1977.033

Place of Origin:

Concord, NH

Date:

1892

Description:

Banner. Bow Brook School, Columbus Day 1892, Painted silk, white trimmed with gold fringe and tassels; lettered in gold: "BOW BROOK / SCHOOL / COLUMBUS / DAY / 1492-1892."

Banner and coss bar. Painted on one side by children from the Bow Brook School for Columbus Day 1892. For vertical display. Obverse and reverse of white silk satin weave with a padded inter layer. Hand stitched 1.25" braided metal wrapped fringe with a linen core yarn applied to the obverse side. Rectangular shape with three flammules, along the bottom edge. Seven 2" tassels attached to metal cord, three stitched to the point of each fammule, two in between each, and two on each side. Wooden cross bar measuring 24" with a 0.75" diameter with a brass ball on each end (top missing on one end) fed through a 1" self-facing header. A single length of white cotton rope measuring 34" tied just below each brass ball on the cross bar. Stenciled gold lettering: "BOW BROOK / SCHOOL / COLUMBUS / DAY / 1492-1892."

Material:

Textile
Silk
Brass
Metal
Wood

Dimensions:

W-24 L-38.5 inches

Provenance:

Made and carried by students of the Bow Brook School (primary) for the public exercises of the schools of Concord on Saturday, October 22, 1892, a national celebration of the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus. Bow Brook School was a primary schoolhouse in Concord, NH.

Credit Line:

Gift of Ralph H. Brandt, in memory of Alarich L. F. Wassmus

People:

Columbus, Christopher (1451-1506), Wassmus, Alarich L. F. (1888-1970), Brandt, Ralph H.

Subjects:

Celebrations, Education, Schools, Flags, Banners, Textiles painted, Silk