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- Segregation Gallery
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- Objects in this Location
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Used by
- Beasley, Louis J., American, 1907 - 2001
- Date
- 1939-1944
- Medium
- silk with rayon fringe and embroidery
- Dimensions
- H x W (Flat): 42 3/4 × 10 1/2 in. (108.6 × 26.7 cm)
- H x W (Folded): 45 3/4 × 4 5/8 in. (116.2 × 11.7 cm)
- Description
- A dark chartreuse green damask stole used by Army Chaplain Louis J. Beasley. The facing side of the stole is made from dark chartreuse green silk damask with a styled floral and fruit vine design with sheep laying amongst the foliage. The reverse of the stole is made from gold silk satin. The stole is tapered to be thinner at the center so it drapes flat around the wearer's neck. There are matching designs machine embroidered on each facing end in gold rayon thread and outlined in gold foil wrapped thread. The designs are of a Greek cross with trefoil arms. There is a small machine-embroidered gold Greek cross with trefoil arms at the center, which when worn is apparent on the nape of the wearer's neck. Both ends of the stole have dark chartreuse green rayon fringe.
- Place made
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Sacred and Ceremonial Objects
- Clothing - Military Uniforms
- Type
- stoles (vestments)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Louis J. Beasley Family
- Object number
- 2013.205.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




