Artist unknown :[Black silk cushion cover with flags and insignia relating to the First World War. 1915-1920]

Printed flags and insignia appliqued on to fragile black silk; the design is of flags and crests of countries and regiments: [A medical corps? - white design of two crossed swords, each with two snakes], Ceylon Mounted Rifles, Danish West Indies (flag), Essex Regiment, 17th Lancers; British Columbia Horse, Norway (flag), Western Australian 86th Infantry Regiment, Royal Irish Fuseliers, Egypt (coat of arms), The Cameronians, King's Royal Irish Hussars, Wales (coat of arms), The Royal Scots Lothian Regiment 1st Foot, Gloucestershire Regiment, Queen Alexandra's Own Royal Hussars, flags of Cuba, Costa Rica, Sweden, England, New Zealand, England Royal Standard, United States of America, French Colonies, Tunis; South Wales Borderers, South Staffordshire Regiment, The Queen's Own ...; Union Jack; Prince Albert's Somerset Light Infantry; The King's Royal Rifle Corps, Princess Charlotte of Wales (Berkshire Regiment) 49th & 68th[?], East Lancashire Regiment 30th and 59th Foot, Mahratta Light Infantry, Tahiti (flag), Natal Royal Regiment, Royal Engineers, Carabiniers, Algiers (flag), The King's Liverpool Regiment 8th Foot, Italy (flag)

Quantity: 1 curio(s).

Physical Description: Printed silk badges, appliqueed to black silk cushion cover, 440 x 460 mm, with cord trim

Provenance: From the papers of Robert James Henderson, donated by Mrs Shirley McAteer and Mr Roy Henderson, in 2008.

Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Papers-9099 - Collection as a whole taken into Manuscripts MS-Papers-9099. Transfers made from there..