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Subiaco Museum > Records

MAT: WHITE LINEN MAT WITH EMBROIDERED WORLD WAR ONE SYMBOLS

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c. 1914

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Military and Wartime Collection

Overview

Square white linen mat has a 5 cm border with a drawn thread work stitch. Central part of mat has hand embroidered soldiers in brown and black. Between them worked in black silk 'United we Stand 1914'. Corners diagonally opposed to each other have 2 flags. First World War, World War One

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-1985.1582

Item type

Material

Linen (Material)

Themes

Keywords

FITZPATRICK (Flynn), Daisy

Museum Treasure

Year

c. 1914

Statement of significance

Historical. Linen mat embroidered with World War I symbols.

Comparative significance criteria

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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