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Culture:American
Title:textile fragment
Date Made:1861-1865
Type:Textile
Materials:textile: red, and blue cylinder-printed plain weave white cotton
Place Made:United States; northeastern United States
Measurements:Overall: 1 1/4 in x 6 1/4 in; 3.2 cm x 15.9 cm
Accession Number:  HD 2016.22
Credit Line:Gift of Jane C. Nylander
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
Scrap of printed fabric cut from a larger textile printed in the early 1860s. The cylinder-printed motif features abstracted, generalized motifs of a pyramid of six cannon balls, and a soldier holding an American flag. Patriotic images and textiles were printed by Union factories in the northeastern United States during the Civil War as a means to foster patriotism and promote sales. This example was given to the donor by Margery Burnham Howe, Deerfield resident and one of the last women to professionally continue the needlework crafts made famous by the Deerfield Society of Blue and White Needlework (embroidery) and Deerfield Industries (netted bed testers). Other, patriotic-themed and inexpensive printed cottons were made by New England firms such as American Print Works.

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