Banner

Object Name:

Banner

Object ID:

1989.072.02

Creator:

Lehmberg, William Sons

Place of Origin:

Philadelphia, PA

Date:

1953-1987

Description:

Banner. Memorial Drapery. Front black velvet with white silk trim, white silk embroidered stars, white felt crosses. Back is thick black cotton, white silk tassels. Three-sided, rectangular, frame-like shape. Long narrow sides are 3.75" wide, each has a 2.25" x 2.25" cross toward bottom edge. Cross has equal arms each ending in a "fleur-de-lis". Tassels hang from the bottom point of each side. Upper side has semicircular bottom edge, 6.5" wide, containing the words "IN MEMORIAM" with a cotton patch beneath. Patch is triangular with rounded sides, oriented with one point facing down. Center design of patch has two red poppies, one opened and one closed, with yellow stems and leaves on a white background. Blue border outlined in yellow with yellow lettering: "U.S.A. / VETERANS OF / WORLD WAR I", periods are stars in upper corners. Black velvet medallions with white stars in upper corners of drapery. Black cotton twill strips attached diagonally across upper corners in back, for attachment to another object. Cloth label on back with stitched letters: "WM. LEHMBERG SONS INC. / MAKERS / PHILADELPHIA" and ink writing "WORLD WAR I / BARRACKS #618". Paper label underneath of same design as the cloth patch on front.

Banner. Memorial Drapery. Machine stitched. Front black cotton velvet with 0.30" white braided silk trim, white silk embroidered stars on top of 2.25" diameter black velvet cockades, white felt crosses. Back is thick black cotton, white silk tassels. Three-sided, rectangular, frame-like shape. Long narrow sides are 3.75" wide, each has a 2.25" x 2.25" cross toward bottom edge. Cross has equal arms each ending in a "fleur-de-lis". Tassels with a wooden core and cotton core wrapped silk fringe hang from the bottom point of each side. Upper side has semicircular bottom edge, 6.5" wide, containing the words "IN MEMORIAM" with a 2.25" x 2.25" cotton patch beneath. Patch is triangular with rounded sides, oriented with one point facing down. Center design of patch has two red poppies, one opened and one closed, with yellow stems and leaves on a white background. Blue border outlined in yellow with yellow lettering: "U.S.A. / VETERANS OF / WORLD WAR I", periods are stars; in upper corners. Black velvet medallions with white stars in upper corners of drapery. Black cotton twill strips attached diagonally across upper corners in back, for attachment to another object. Cloth label on back with stitched letters: "WM. LEHMBERG SONS INC. / MAKERS / PHILADELPHIA" and ink writing "WORLD WAR I / BARRACKS #618". Paper label underneath of same design as the cloth patch on front.

Material:

Textile
Velvet
Silk
Felt
Cotton

Dimensions:

W-15 L-22 inches

Provenance:

Donated along with the archives of the Capital City Barracks and Auxiliary of the 103rd Infantry, World War I organization (1953-1987) of Concord, NH.

Credit Line:

Gift of Dorothy LaClair

Subjects:

Cotton, Crosses, Drapery, Fleur-de-lis, Medallions, Memorial, Poppies, Silk, Stars, Tassels, Velvet, Cockades