FORGET ME NOT

Blossoming within my bower . .

Woven by Welch & Lenton

Reference Number:-  
owe 242  
same bookmark, but woven
in white background colour
 
 
same bookmark with words of short verse, but woven in different colours
The image of this silk
bookmark kindly donated by
Jenni Redman, Great Britain
 
same bookmark, but woven
in different colour
 
 
same bookmark with words of short verse, but woven in different colours
 
 
 
 
Bookmark with title words, image of butterfly, and words of short verse

Words:

 
 
 
FORGET
ME NOT  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

image of butterfly
on forget-me-not flowers

 
 
 
 

BLOSSOMING
WITHIN MY BOWER,
I CHERISH LOVE A
TINY FLOWER,
AND BREATHE ITS
NAME TO THEE,
TRUSTING THO' SEVERED
BE OUR LOT,
THIS LITTLE FLOWER
FORGET ME NOT,
MAY SACRED
EVER BE.

 
Not recorded by John High in his unpublished list
Size of Silk:

15.7cm long by 4.1cm wide

Alternative back-ground colours:
 
Comments:

Signed: "WELCH & LENTON. COVENTRY" on the back top turnover.

Welch & Lenton name woven on reverse

 

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