Needlework Birthday Greeting
Object numberMO 1941.10.23
Name
Crochet
Maker
Unknown
Dateca. 1933-1940
Mediumgreeting: textile (silk)
frame: wood, paint, glass
frame: wood, paint, glass
Dimensionsoverall H 8 in x W 19 3/4 in x D 5/8 in (20.3 cm x 50.2 cm x 1.6 cm )
DescriptionA birthday greeting crocheted with red, white, and blue silk thread. On a white background with a blue border, red text reads: HAPPY BIRTHDAY / TO YOU / MANY RETURNS / OF THE DAY.
The greeting is glazed and framed in a silver-painted wood frame with an easel-style backer. Adhered on the reverse is a sticker with a typed number: D-22-22 [ink mark over last number].
Additional DetailsThe greeting is glazed and framed in a silver-painted wood frame with an easel-style backer. Adhered on the reverse is a sticker with a typed number: D-22-22 [ink mark over last number].
Custodial History NoteDeposited at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum by Franklin D. Roosevelt on July 20, 1940. It was donated as a bequest of FDR to the Library in 1947.
Credit LineEstate of Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesGift Items and Commemorative Artifacts (National Archives Identifier 782690)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.Collections
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