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Woman's scarf: "8th Army Air Force"

Designed by: Arnold Lever
For: Jacqmar (English, founded in 1932)
English
about 1943
Place of Manufacture: England

Medium/Technique Acetate; plain weave
Dimensions 89.6 x 85.7 cm (35 1/4 x 33 3/4 in)
Credit Line Gift of Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf
Accession Number2011.2416
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ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionInsignia and names of planes in the U.S. 8th Army Air Force; purple, green, yellow, pink, blue on a blue ground.
ProvenanceBy 2011, with Chris Saunders of Sotherans, London; 2011, sold by Saunders to Jean and Frederic Sharf, Chestnut Hill, MA; 2011, year-end gift of the Sharfs to the MFA. (Accession date: January 25, 2012)