Length of Fabric: “America Presenting on the Altar of Liberty Medallions of her Illustrious Sons”

- 1931
Agnes J. Holden, née Mcmahon Johnson (1880-1968), New York, New York [1]

1931 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Agnes J. Holden [2]


Notes:
[1] Agnes Johnson Holden was a promiment Manhattan-based collector of primarily French pictorial printed cottons often refered to as "toiles." Several period newspaper articles note she purchased her collection both in the United States and during multiple trips to France [Corby, Jane. "Search for Quaint Printed Cottons Lures Her Up and Down the Sunny French Countryside." The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, May 30, 1929. Accessed Feb 7, 2018. https://www.newspapers.com/image/58264841/?terms=agnes+holden
[Corby, Jane. "From Rag-Bag to Museum--Many a Piece of Printed Cotton Makes the Grade." The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, February 6, 1934. Accessed Feb 7, 2018. https://www.newspapers.com/image/59979630/?terms=agnes+j.+holden].

[2] Per accession record dated December 3, 1931 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, December 3, 1931.