EMBRIODERED FLAGS

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Title

EMBRIODERED FLAGS

Subject

Greek and American Flags

Description

An embroidered presentation of the Greek and American flags - Demetrios Gotsis came to the United States in 1915, worked on the railroad and returned to Greece in 1918 During that time he learned embroidery and created this piece

Creator

Demetrios Gotsis

Source

Donated January 31, 2018

Publisher

The Greeks in Washington Museum

Date

Early 1900s

Contributor

Terry Karis

Rights

N/A

Relation

N/A

Format

24" high by 20" wide embroidered with colored threads and framed with the words United States and Greece embroidered at the bottom

Language

English

Type

Artifact

Identifier

2018-01-004
Category 10, (wrap or hung)

Coverage

United States
20th Century