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Merrimack Manufacturing Company, American, founded 1822 · 1892–1893 · Medium: cotton Technique: printed on plain weave

From the collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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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.

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Credit lineTextile. 1892–1893. Merrimack Manufacturing Company, American, founded 1822. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of Katharine Kreiser and Arthur Larson. CC0.
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