Textile

Christopher Columbus, Italian, d. 1506 American George Washington Merrimack Manufacturing Company, American, founded 1822

1890

Medium: Medium: cotton Technique: printed on plain weave
Genre: Printed, dyed & painted textiles
Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Styles

printed dyed & painted textiles

About

Commemorative textile with red, white and blue vertical stripes with scattered stars enclosing abbreviations of state names. A large medallion of Columbus discovering America alternates with the Status of Liberty. On the left side, small medallions of President George Washington alternate with a map of the Americas. On the right side, medallions of the Capitol Building alternate with a portrait of Columbus.