Cloth Fragment
- Object Name:
- Cloth Fragment
- Object ID:
- 1975.056.49
- Creator:
- American Print Works
Manufacturer - Place of Origin:
- Fall River, MA
- Date:
- 1835-1876
- Description:
- Cloth fragment. Tribute or commemorative. Possibly printed at the American Print Works, Fall River, MA, 1825-1835. Cotton plain weave roller-printed pattern in black, rust, blue, and brown on white ground; small medallion repeat bust of a man in military uniform, possibly William Henry Harrison, framed by foliage and stars alternating with an eagle carrying a flowering bough in its beak. Four raw edges.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- W-6.25 L-7 inches
- Provenance:
- Manufactured American Print Works in Fall River, MA, possibly for William Henry Harrison's (1773-1841) 1840 presidential campaign.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of William L. Warren
- Subjects:
- Textile printing, Textile roller printed, Eagle, Leaves, Stars, Laurels, Presidential campaigns, Presidents
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