Object Record
Images
Metadata
Accession # |
SP1963.029.001 |
Object Name |
Bookmark |
Collection |
Allen-Mathews Collection |
Date |
c. 1860 |
Place of Origin |
Pleasant Hill/Mercer Co/KY |
Found |
Bardstown, KY |
Description |
Bookmark is cross-stitched on needlepoint mesh made of paper. Lettering is in fuschia a little off center. An incomplete border has been done in fushisa and green. The paper has been sewn in several places onto a strip of blue silk ribbon. A loop of brown hair, loosely braided. |
Material |
paper/cotton/wool/silk/hair |
People |
Pennebaker, William F. |