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Object Record
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Metadata
Object name |
Sash |
Artist or maker |
unknown |
Date |
18th century |
Place of origin |
France |
Materials and techniques |
dyed sprang silk |
Physical description |
Red silk sash; blood stained, visible center seam. |
Past exhibit |
Lafayette |
Current exhibit |
Lafayette: A Hero's Return |
Gallery label |
This officer's sash belonged to Lafayette. It is told that he used it to bind a wound he sustained to the left leg during the Battle of Brandywine in September of 1777. What appears to be blood stains can be seen throughout the weave of the sash. Lafayette's wound would prevent him from further fighting until November of that year. |
Catalogue number |
1915.01.001 |
Collection name |
Costume and Textiles |
Credit line |
Gift of Dr. Edwin E. Swift, 1915 |
People |
Marquis de Lafayette, Gilbert du Motier Swift, Heman |
Subjects and places |
Battle of Brandywine |