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Woven picture
Betsy Ross Making the First United States Flag
Woven picture
Manufactured by: Anderson Brothers (American, 1885 – 1920)
American (probably New Jersey)
1904
Medium/Technique
Silk, jacquard woven
Dimensions
Overall: 13.3 x 21.3 cm (5 1/4 x 8 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the American Textile History Museum—Ruth M. Zieke
Accession Number2017.1303
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionJacquard woven picture of woman portraying Betsy Ross seated on a rocking chair on the porch of a house sewing a thirteen-star American flag. Beside her is a flax spinning wheel with no distaff or treadle, and there is a small cat and a saucer on the right. Scene was originally part of 1905 calendar that has been cut away. Woven along the bottom within the border, "Betsy Ross making the first United States flag" appears at center and "Anderson Bros/Paterson, N.J." appears at right. Produced for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, commonly known as the St. Louis Worlds Fair of 1904.
InscriptionsWoven above lower border:
"Betsy Ross Making the First United States Flag"
"Anderson Bros. Paterson, N.J."
"Betsy Ross Making the First United States Flag"
"Anderson Bros. Paterson, N.J."
Provenance2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)