Commemorative Bookmark "A Tribute of Affection"

Textiles

19th century

Woven by Thomas Stevens (English, 1828–88)
Coventry, England

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Artist: Thomas Stevens (Weaver)
Title: Commemorative Bookmark "A Tribute of Affection"
Place: Coventry (Object made in:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1801–1900
Medium: Silk, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts
Inscriptions: Inscription: "A / TRIBUTE / OF / AFFECTION. / I WILL LOVE / THEE/ FOND AND TRUE. / DEARER / THAN I HAVE / EVER LOVED."
Dimensions: 12.1 × 3 cm (4 3/4 × 1 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Belle M. Borland Endowment
Reference Number: 1985.70
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Loewi-Robertson, Los Angeles, CA, by Apr. 4, 1985 [invoice, no. 17195, Apr. 4, 1985; incoming receipt RX15474, Apr. 11, 1985; copy in curatorial file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1985.

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