Manufacturer:

Thomas Stevens, (English, 1828–1888)  Search this

Subject:

Abraham Lincoln, American, 1809–1865  Search this

Medium:

Medium: silk Technique: jacquard woven

Dimensions:

H x W: 27.3 × 5.4 cm (10 3/4 × 2 1/8 in.)

Type:

woven textiles

Bookmark

Object Name:

Bookmark

Made in:

Coventry, England

Date:

1865–1869

Description:

Bookmark or stevengraph with a portrait medallion of Abraham Lincoln surmounted by an eagle perched on a shield flag that holds a banner in its beak that reads "E Pluribus Unum." Inscription at top reads: "Assassinated at Washington 14 April 1865," and just below another inscription: "I have said nothing but what I am willing to live by. And if it be the pleasure of Almighty God. To die by. (A Lincoln)

Credit Line:

American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of Henry Semonds

Accession Number:

2016-35-69

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Textiles Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq47a327358-4f52-40bf-bd38-b22115ac17d6

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_2016-35-69