Bookmark
- Object Name:
- Bookmark
- Object ID:
- 1996.510.01-.49
- Date:
- 1840-1890
- Description:
- Bible markers. Collection of 49 embroidered bookmarks. The collection consists of 47 markers constructed with perforated paper needlework on silk ribbon, seven of which are marked "Willis". Three of the bookmarks are embroidered with a chair and the text "The Oaken Chair of Gov. Caver brought over in the May Flower 1620." One bookmark marked "Willis" on back, cross-stitch embroidered on perforated paper to green silk ribbon, depicts an African American slave in chains with text "Pity Me" above, a second "Willis". Five of the paper and silk bookmarks are personalized with embroidered names: "For the / Hon. T.H. / Pettengill", "M.F. French" on a cream silk ribbon, " Mrs. C. Gault on a green paper with green silk ribbon with a "Willis" label on the back, "Frances P. Kelly" in red on a pink silk ribbon, and "Miron" stitched in red to multicolored ribbon.
Two bookmarks are machine manufactured and Christmas themed; one jacquard woven on a white satin ground with a robin on a branch surrounded by text was stored with a paper manufacturer label, "THOMAS STEVENS / COVENTRY & LONDON / INVENTOR AND MANUFACTURER / OF THE / PURE SILK WOVEN / BOOK MARKERS / 900 DIFFERENT DESIGNS", hand written in pencil on bottom "A Merry Christmas / Bird" and "RO / XM"; another with printed text in black ink. - Material:
- Textile
Wool
Silk
Paper - Provenance:
- Found in collection. Seven are marked "Willis," probably given by Mary Fernald Willis or her sisters, Edith F. Giberson and Ruth F. Holst, who settled her estate.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Bookmarks, Embroidery, Needlepoint, Needlework, Cross-stitch, Ribbons, Crosses, Chairs, Slavery, Christmas, Christmas presents, Bibles
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