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Bookmark, The Late Lamented President Lincoln

This is a Bookmark. It was manufactured by Thomas Stevens and subject: Abraham Lincoln. It is dated 1865–1869 and we acquired it in 2016. Its medium is silk and its technique is jacquard woven. It is a part of the Textiles department.

This object was donated by American Textile History Museum. It is credited American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of Henry Semonds.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 27.3 × 5.4 cm (10 3/4 × 2 1/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Bookmark, The Late Lamented President Lincoln; Manufactured by Thomas Stevens (English, 1828–1888); Subject: Abraham Lincoln (American, 1809–1865); silk; H x W: 27.3 × 5.4 cm (10 3/4 × 2 1/8 in.); American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of Henry Semonds; 2016-35-69

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