Grover Cleveland: Table Cover with Outstanding 1884 Campaign Ribbon. 14 1/2” x 61” silk, satin and felt table cover. The sides which hang over the side of the table have patchwork designs. What elevates this is the inclusion of a unique Grover Cleveland silk ribbon with added inscriptions by the maker. The ribbon measures 3” x 16 1/2”. It shows the 1884 Democratic nominee inscribed “Grover Cleveland/ Triumph of Truth!/ Democracy Triumphant!/ Down with Dishonesty! /Up with Honor and Integrity!/ Democracy to the Front!” The seamstress has added a sprig of flowers and the slogans “Tell the Truth” (Cleveland’s response to reports of his fathering an illegitimate child) and “Burn This” (Blaine’s directive at the end of one of the “Mulligan Papers” where he asked for money in return for his influence). The campaign of 1884 pitted an honest politician versus a notorious grafter whose book “Twenty Years in Congress” was parodied as “Twenty Years on the Make”. Despite the glaring comparison, Blaine almost won. An Election Eve off-the-cuff remark at a banquet at Delmonico’s was widely reported and managed to alienate enough Irish voters to cost him the election. A few areas of fraying, not affecting the ribbon which is excellent.

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