Commemorative Bookmark "Centennial U.S.A."

Textiles

1876

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

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Artist: Thomas Stevens (Weaver)
Title: Commemorative Bookmark "Centennial U.S.A."
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 1876
Inscriptions: Inscription: "Centennial / U.S.A. / 1776 1876 / The Father of our Country / George Wahington / The first in peace. / The first in war. / The first in the / Hearts of his Countrymen. / Philadelphia / 1876".; (signed): Thomas Stevens, Coventry, England
Credit Line: Gift of Katherine Wright
Reference Number: 1956.117
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Wilma Sinclair Le Van Baker, The Silk Pictures of Thomas Stevens: a Biography of the Coventry Weaver and his Contribution to the Art of Weaving (New York: Exposition Press, 1957), 35, fig. 2 (ill.).

Katherine Wright, Chicago, by May 9, 1956 [incoming receipt RX1884, May 9, 1956; copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1956.

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