Henry Herbert Kuenemann, designer (Passaic Printworks for Witcombe-McGeachen and Co., manufacturer)
American designer, active 1927
Charles Lindbergh: First Flight Across the Atlantic Furnishing Fabric
1927
Roller-printed cotton
35 x 34 3/4 inches (88.9 x 88.265 centimeters)
Gift of the Reverend and Mrs. Van S. Merle-Smith Jr., 1988.
1988.026.000

Fabrics printed in response to historical events were first made in the eighteenth century when the manufacturers of toiles de Jouy commissioned designers to commemorate the French and American revolutions, the first balloon flight, and other momentous occurrences. This American roller-printed cotton follows in that tradition. Charles Lindbergh completed the first solo flight across the Atlantic on May 20, 1927, and this commemorative fabric was produced the same year.