Drawstring bag

Identifier

http://dp.la/api/items/6ea5220cdab02d7e3f3a6a91b548b86f

Title

Drawstring bag

Date

ca 1914-1918

Description

Small drawstring knitting bag with two blue birds facing each other who appear to be holding a small cross in their beaks. Blue checkerboard border above and below the birds. Made by French peasant women in French Lorraine during World War I. Sold in America through the Society for Employment of Women in France.
Currently not on view

Subject

WW I
World War, 1914-1918
French WWI Stitchery
Military

Source

Smithsonian Institution

Relation

https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=NMAH-AHB2016q015007&max=150

References

http://collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?q=record_ID=nmah_1591199&repo=DPLA

Subject

WW I
World War, 1914-1918
French WWI Stitchery
Military

Citation

“Drawstring bag,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed August 21, 2026, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/27810.

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