Design for a Bookplate: Colonial Dames of America
date: label: Date
content: 1894
name: label: Designer
content: Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer, American, 1848–1925
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Bookplate design engraved in black featuring a fan of the cabriolet type. A banderole or ribbon with the text "Colonial Dames of America" appears in all capital letters across the bottom center, and "E Libris" appears at the center left. Another smaller ribbon appears along the top portion of the fan with the word "Colere" on the left and "Coloniarum Gloriam" on the right in all capitals, separated in the center by a medallion with a standing woman inside. Buildings appear on the left and right upper portions of the fan. The fan is also decorated with various leaves and plants.
place: label: made in
content: New York, NY, USA
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Edith Wetmore
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1937-27-2
objectType: label: Type
content: ephemera
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Steel engraving on white paper
label: Dimensions
content: 8.3 × 10.8 cm (3 1/4 × 4 1/4 in.)