Souvenir
woven in The Worlds Columbian Exposition Chicago 1893

(building)
U.S. Government Building
(flag & cannon)
(with red, blue & white rope)

Reference Number:- Darby Number:- Godden Number:-
sb 1885 not recorded not recorded
 

 
Bookmark from the Worlds Columbian Exposition, Chicago 1893
Words:
 
 
{red, blue & white rope}
 
 
{Stars and Stripes flag}

SOUVENIR
WOVEN IN THE WORLDS COLUMBIAN
EXPOSITION CHICAGO 1893

 
 
 

image of building

U.S. GOVERNMENT BUILDING

 
 
 
 
 

image of early American
Stars & Stripes flag
with cannon

 

Size of Silk:
16.5cm long by 6.4cm wide
Alternative back-ground colours:
 
Comments:

Not signed as a STEVENS bookmark, although, apart from the rope effect at the top instead of the usual stripes, this bookmark is identical to the one recorded as sb1884, so it is reasonable to assume the bookmark above was also of STEVENS manufacture.

This same bookmark has been seen associated with the following fragment of the original stiff backing paper, and as can be seen, this has the STEVENS name printed:

 
fragment of original stiff backing paper


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stiff backing paper image added 18 March 2018 © Peter Daws - Stevengraph-Silks