Stitched American Flag Shield

This is a stiched shield with the american flag design on it.

The back of the frame has this typed and taped to it:

"A short History Of this Work"

It was done by William Thomas Reed in the late 1800's. He was a marine engineer on a Oyster boat based in Providence, Rhode Island. William was a very patriotic man and loved to do work lik this and always of flags or eagles and flags. He always used Silk material for his work.

There is more history written about his children and it goes on to say that he died about 1918.

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