Commemorative bookmark
date: label: Date
content: 1866
name: label: Maker
content: Thomas Stevens, (English, 1828–1888)
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Bookmark woven to show commemorative pictures, inscriptions. Top to bottom: a coat of arms of York; large building topped with flags, inscription "Yorkshire Fine Arts and Industrial Exhibition opened July 1866 Rt. Hon. James Meek Lord Mayor of York, President", garlanded portrait of a man, Roman ruins, and the inscription: "MULTANGULAR TOWER Each ivi'd arch and pillar lone, plead haughtily for glories gone." At bottom, heart-shaped motif with floral accents in red and blue. Colors: black, grey, orange, purple, green, on white ground.
place: label: made in
content: Coventry, England
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the estate of Mrs. Lathrop Colgate Harper
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1957-180-107
objectType: label: Type
content: woven textiles
label: Type
content: Commemorative bookmark
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk Technique: jacquard woven
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 29.4 × 5.5 cm (11 9/16 × 2 3/16 in.)