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Embroidered
Cloth Vigil
Sash
TYPE 12
Introduced
1955 Double
stitch
sides, spur
left. |
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Sash
Material:
WHITE CLOTH |
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Arrows:
COUNTERCLOCKWISE |
Double
stitch edge |
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The double stitched edge is the easiest way to identify the cloth sashes introduced in 1955 and used into the early 1960’s.
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12A:
10 1/2"
arrow, 13
3/8" bar to
bar, 28 1/2"
long sash
12B:
11" arrow,
14" bar to
bar,29 1/2"
long sash
12C:
11 1/4"
arrow, 14
1/4" bar to
bar, 30 3/4"
long sash
12D:
12 3/4" long
arrow, 15
1/2" bar to
bar, 29"
long sash |
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With sashes side by side the differences in the embroidery and length of the sash becomes apparent. Under most circumstances when a design is longer, you would expect that a different embroidery
loom would have been used. But, the embroidery in Types 12 A through 12 D appears to be similar. |
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Embroidered
Cloth Vigil
Sash
TYPE 13
Circa 1960's
Rolled Edge
border, spur
right |
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Sash
Material:
WHITE CLOTH |
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Arrows:
COUNTERCLOCKWISE |
Rolled edges |
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13A:
10 3/4"
arrow, 13
3/4" bar to
bar, sashes
are 29" to
30 1/2"
long.
Rolled Edge.
13B:
11 1/4"
arrow, 14"
bar to bar,
sash is 31"
long. Rolled
Edge
13C:
Identical to
2B
EXCEPT
with a
double
stitched
edge. |
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The sash in
the photo is
circa 1963 |
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