In January 1943, Emily Smith, the mayor of Coventry, 830 other women and several men wrote their names on a tablecloth. Each of them made a contribution of six pence for a signature to the Medical Aid to Stalingrad Fund. Over the next two years, May Adams, a resident of Coventry, embroidered these names on a tablecloth. Enid Trent (Meyel), an honorary secretary of Coventry Committee of English-Soviet Unity in 1941-1949 responsible for organization of numerous events, wrote, “To make a tablecloth for Stalingrad was the idea of Ms. May Adams, who was a representative of the English-Soviet Unity Committee from the women's guild of the Lockhorst Lane cooperative ... She began embroidering on the tablecloth in February 1943, when Stalingrad was released and took every opportunity to ask people to put their signatures on the tablecloth and make a monetary contribution to the Medical Aid to Soviet Union Fund”. The tablecloth was officially handed to the representatives of Stalingrad on March 31, 1947.
Tablecloth. A gift from women of English-Soviet committee of Coventry
The United Kingdom ,
1943
МЗСБ КП 3605 П 847
160 х 160 cm
linen, thread, weaving, embroidery
Tablecloth with 830 names of English women embroidered on it, who worked at the Coventry weaving factory and were active members of the English-Soviet Unity Committee who participated in raising funds for medical aid to Stalingrad. West Midlands country, Coventry
See also
Pennant “P Comunista Colombia”
Columbia ,
14.09.1975
Pennant “P Comunista Colombia”
Present from the delegation of the Communist Party of Colombia to the Tsaritsyn - Stalingrad Museum of Defense.
Napkin. A gift from the students of Stefan Plyushev School to the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution
Bulgaria ,
1967
Napkin. A gift from the students of Stefan Plyushev School to the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution
A square, linen, white napkin. At the edges it is embroidered with cross-stitches using red, green, brown and white cotton and silk threads. The embroidery shows geometrically shaped floral ornaments. People's Republic of Bulgaria, Sevlievo
Pennant “From the Ministry of People’s Forces and Public Security of the Mongolian People’s Republic to the memory of the heroes of Stalingrad.”
Mongolia ,
May 1959
Pennant “From the Ministry of People’s Forces and Public Security of the Mongolian People’s Republic to the memory of the heroes of Stalingrad.”
A gift from the delegation of the Ministry of Troops and Public Security of Mongolia, who visited Stalingrad in May 1959.