Museum Collections
Luce Center
Scarf: United States of America
Object Number:
1941.450
Date:
1941
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 23 x 22 1/2 in. ( 58.4 x 57.2 cm )
Marks:
printed: allover: "SEAL * OF * UNITED * STATES * OF * AMERICA/ McKINLEY/ ZACHARY TAYLOR/ JEFFERSON/ HARRISON/ JOHN ADAMS/ JAMES MONROE/ JACKSON/ THEO. ROSSEVELT/ CONCORD MINUTE MAN/ U. S. GRANT/ CIVIL WAR/ OIL/ LONE STAR STATE/ HARDING/ HOLLYWOOD/ CHARLES
Description:
Printed silk kerchief with the seal of the United States in the center surrounded by two rings of eight presidential portraits, including: Harding, Taft, Washington, Cleveland, Coolidge, Wilson, Lincoln, Grant (outer ring), Taylor, Jefferson, Harrison, John Adams, Monroe, Jackson, Theodore Roosevelt, and McKinley (inner); third ring of "Americana": Hollywood, Charlestown, Covered Wagon, Washington D.C., etc.; printed in red, yellow, green, and navy, on a white ground; red border.
Credit Line:
Purchase
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