Banner
- Object Name:
- Banner
- Object ID:
- 2002.647.01
- Place of Origin:
- Boston, MA
- Date:
- circa 1900
- Description:
- Banner. Pennant-type; vertical. Hand-embroidered layered monogram "NH" with stem stitches in garnet and red silk yarns surrounded by hand painted interlocking buttercups in yellow and green in the form of a D (center) of a gray silk ribbed taffeta. Single panel of at 19" loom width. Three 6" lengths of gray ribbon, doubled and stitched to the hoist end (originally five, two missing). Hoist and fly end hand hemmed 0.25". One of a set of two (see also 2002.647.02) commissioned by member Kate Sanborn (1839-1917) for the New Hampshire's Daughters of Boston, MA.
- Material:
- Textile
Silk - Dimensions:
- W-19 L-36 inches
- Provenance:
- Commissioned by member Kate Sanborn (1839-1917) for the New Hampshire's Daughters of Boston, MA. A U.S. flag and two banners were given to the New Hampshire Historical Society by New Hampshire's Daughters in 1918.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Silk, Banners, Flags, Textiles, Flowers, Embroidery, Buttercups
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