Martha Washington. Printed by S. H. Greene & Sons. Riverpoint, R.I. Coffin, Altemus & Co. Sole agents

Title

Martha Washington. Printed by S. H. Greene & Sons. Riverpoint, R.I. Coffin, Altemus & Co. Sole agents

Date

c1871

Description

Textile label for the textile print works founded in 1828 by Simon H. Greene and Edward Pike. Depicts Washington, in a sitting room, standing next to a table with knitting, and holding a letter reading "For the Soldiers at Valley Forge, George Washington." View also includes a window looking onto a winter scene and a framed portrait of George Washington. Label also contains an ornamental border. The firm, renamed S. H. Greene & Sons in 1865, were nationally known for their "Washington" line of printed textiles.; Printed and stamped on recto: No. 48 2 Yds.; Copyrighted in Washington, D.C.; Lines drawn on recto.; Forms part of Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection.

Subject

Textile labels -- 1870-1880
Chromolithographs -- 1870-1880
Washington, Martha, 1731-1802 -- Portraits
S.H. Greene & Sons

Source

PA Digital

Relation

https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A115599/datastream/TN/view/Martha%20Washington.%20Printed%20by%20S.%20H.%20Greene%20%26%20Sons.%20Riverpoint%2C%20R.I.%20Coffin%2C%20Artemus%20%26%20Co.%20Sole%20agents..jpg

Type

image

References

https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A115599

Citation

“Martha Washington. Printed by S. H. Greene & Sons. Riverpoint, R.I. Coffin, Altemus & Co. Sole agents,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed October 17, 2026, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/40151.

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