Collection Highlights
Novi Belgii Novaque Angliae Nec Non Partis Virginiae Tabula
Date:
After 1655
Object Number:
LIB.NS4.M31.1.38
Medium:
Engraving, hand colored
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Bookmark, envelope and document
Object Number:
INV.1676
Date:
1820-1850
Medium:
Paper, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/4 x 5 in. ( 7 x 12.7 cm )
Marks:
embroidered: center, in Greek alphabet: "Parthenon"
Description:
Horizontally oriented perforated paper bookmark with three shades of green silk floss petit pointe needlework, inscription across center, surrounded by decorative border, button-hole stitched on all edges.
Gallery Label:
A document found with this bookmark notes that it was made for Lieut. John P. Decatur, U.S.N. (d. 1857), by Mrs. Black, the wife of the Consul at Smyrna.
Credit Line:
Gift of William Decatur Parsons, 1927
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
