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Second Presidio Exhibit, 2003 - GALLERY VI (LV91) (ZFC0742) Trapunto with Portrait Date: About 19071912 Media: Cotton with silk and metallic embroidery; ferrotype on sheet iron Comment: During the early part of the 20th century it was not uncommon for sailors, marines, and soldiers visiting the orient to acquire souvenir embroideries to commemorate their visits to Asiatic ports. The young soldier who commissioned this commemorating trapunto had a tintype portrait of himself in uniform centered below the U.S. eagle. His portrait is surrounded by panoply of flags of the nations that had economic or imperial interests in the area. On the left are the flags of Great Britain (merchant flag), Holland, Spain, Sweden, and Imperial China. On the right are the flags of the United States, Italy, Greece, Norway, and Japan. Embroidered surrounding the central panoply are the names of the countries visited Philippines, China, and Japan. Provenance: Acquired by the Veninga Flag Collection (LV91) in 1998. The exhibition text was written by Howard Michael Madaus, Exhibition Director of the ZFC's Flag Center, utilizing Zaricor Flag Collection archives. War & Dissent The US in the Philippines 1898 1915 October 22 2008 to February 22, 2009 At the Presidio of San Francisco, Officers Club Exhibition Hall 50 Moraga Ave, San Francisco, CA Trapunto In Memory of My Cruise in Philippine Islands Insurance Value $ 3,600 A trapunto is an ornately embroidered commemorative fabric. Many were made by the George Washington Company of Yokohama, Japan and bought by soldiers and sailors stationed in Asia. This one features a tintype of an unidentified US soldier below an American eagle, and is surrounded by the flags of the principle nations that had economic and imperial interests in Asia. On the left are the flags of the United Kingdom, Imperial Germany, Spain, Sweden and Imperial China. On the right are the flags of the U.S., the Kingdom of Italy, Greece, Denmark and Imperial Japan.

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Publication Copy: Madaus, Howard M., Dr, Whitney Smith, The American Flag: Two Centuries of Concord and Conflict. Santa Cruz: VZ Publications, 2006, p. 111. Trapunto with Portrait The young soldier who commissioned the commemorative trapunto above had a tintype portrait of himself in uniform centered below the U.S. eagle. His portrait is surrounded by a panoply of the flags of the nations that had economic or imperial interests in the area. On the left are the flags of Great Britain (merchant flag), Germany, Spain, Sweden, and imperial China. On the right are the flags of the United States, Italy, Greece, Norway, and Japan. Embroidered surrounding the central panoply are the names of the countries visited: Philippines, China, and Japan. This piece dates from the presidency of William Howard Taft. Date: About 1907 1912 Size: 12" wide x 15" long Medium: Cotton with silk and metallic embroidery; ferrotype on sheet iron Provenance: Acquired by the Veninga Flag Collection in 1998. LV91 / ZFC0742

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