ZFC3699

HMS Glory Trapunto - 1900 to 1904

Sub-collection: Trapuntos

HMS Glory Trapunto - 1900 to 1904
UK Royal Navy Trapunto for a crewman from the HMS Glory, assigned to the China Station. The design consists of a panoply of naval ensigns around exquisite embroidery of Glory, surmounted by the Imperial Crown. The Glory was a purpose built Canopus class British battleship detailed to the China Station in 1900. She would be withdrawn after a treaty with the Japanese Empire reduced the need for the Royal Navy to maintain a large force patrolling the China Coast.

A trapunto is an ornately embroidered commemorative fabric. Making a trapunto involves the addition of padding behind a piece of silk, upon which elaborate designs are embroidered to create a three-dimensional image. It was not uncommon for trapuntos of the time to contain many patriotic symbols.

Many trapuntos made and sold by the George Washington Co. in Yokohama, Japan in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Besides sailors from the Royal Navy's China station (Singapore, Hong Hong and Wei Hai Wei) and their German counterparts from the German East Asia Squadron at Tsingtao, American soldiers and sailors from the Philippines made typical customers for these embroideries. Visiting servicemen would send trapuntos home for framing as a memento service.

Compare with other Trapuntos in the Zaricor Flag Collection: ZFC0150, ZFC0284, ZFC0289
ZFC0742, ZFC1441, ZFC1489, ZFC2219 and ZFC2258

Exhibition History:
University of California - Santa Cruz
Board of Councilors Meeting, Rare Flags Exhibit
Santa Cruz, CA
7 June 2012

Provenance: Acquired in 2011 at auction from Charles Miller Ltd., London, United Kingdom.

ZFC Important Flag
Item is Framed

Sources:



Madaus, Howard M.- Whitney Smith, The American Flag: Two Centuries of Concord and Conflict, VZ Publications, Santa Cruz, 2006.

October 18th to October 25th - Yokohama, Japan, The Great White Fleet, 23 May 2012, from: http://www.greatwhitefleet.info/The_Great_White_Fleet_Japan.html

Larson, Admiral Charles R., Admiral, USN, Letter to Mr. John L. Trost, Lancaster, NY, 08/22/1996, Zaricor Flag Collection Archives.
HMS Glory, Wikipedia, 23 May 2012, from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Glory_%281899%29

Image Credits:
Zaricor Flag Collection






Hoist & Fly

Width of Hoist 22.75
Length of Fly 25.75

Frame

Is it framed? yes
Frame Height 31.5
Frame Length 34.4
Comments on Frame Wood frame, glazed with Glass

Crest/Emblem

Description of Crest/Emblem Stylized grouping of British Ensigns

Nationality

Nation Represented United Kingdom

Fabric

Fabric Silk

Stitching

Stitching Hand
Comments on Stitching embroidered

Thread

Thread Material Silk

Attachment

Method of Attachment None

Applica

Applique Sides Single Sided = Design on one side only

PDF Files

Documentation

Documents
All original documents and drawings are held in the Zaricor Flag Collection Archives.
Drawings
All original documents and drawings are held in the Zaricor Flag Collection Archives.

Condition

Condition Good
Damage Used, faded
Displayable yes

Date

Date 1900-1904

Exhibits

Exhibition Copy University of California - Santa Cruz
Board of Councilors Meeting, Rare Flags Exhibit
Santa Cruz, CA
7 June 2012

Santa Cruz, CA, June 7, 2012: The Zaricor Flag Collection exhibited 34 flags and artifacts at the University of California Santa Cruz Campus for the Board of Councilors Meeting.

HMS Glory Trapunto
1900 to 1904

Date: 1900-1904

Media: Silk yarn and thread.

Comment: A trapunto is an ornately embroidered commemorative fabric.
Making a trapunto involves the addition of padding behind a piece of silk, upon
which elaborate designs are embroidered to create a three-dimensional image.
It was not uncommon for trapuntos of the time to contain many patriotic symbols.
Many trapuntos were made and sold by the George Washington Co. in
Yokohama, Japan in the late 1880s to the early 1930s. Besides sailors from the
Royal Navy's China station (collectively the ports of Singapore, Hong Kong
and Wei Hai Wei) and their German counterparts from the German East Asia
Squadron at Tsingtao, American soldiers and sailors from the Philippines were
typical customers for these embroideries. Visiting servicemen would send
trapuntos home for framing as a memento of their service.
This Royal Navy trapunto for a crewman from the HMS Glory, assigned to
the Royal Navy's China Station, has a typical design, a panoply of naval ensigns
around exquisite embroidery of a warship, surmounted by Britain's Imperial
Crown. The HMS Glory was a purpose built Canopus class British battleship,
that was intended for and detailed to the China Station in 1900. She would be
withdrawn in 1905, after a treaty with the Japanese Empire reduced the need for
the Royal Navy to maintain a large force patrolling the China Coast.

Provenance: Acquired in 2011 by the Zaricor Flag Collection ZFC3699, at auction
from Charles Miller Ltd., London, United Kingdom. www.FlagCollection.com