Collection Highlights
Astor House
Date:
ca.1853-1859
Object Number:
PR.020.65.1
Medium:
Wood Engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Bookmark
Object Number:
Z.2372
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Paper, wool, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/8 x 5 1/4 x 2 7/8 in. ( 0.3 x 13.3 x 7.3 cm )
Marks:
embroidered: throughout center: "Be ye strong / therefore and / let not your hands / be weak for your works / shall be rewarded."
handwritten: on note attached to bookmark: "Except this from Mary J. Curtis, to her / Benefacetrer (sic) M. Hastings."
Description:
Perforated paper embroidered bookmark, with various colors of wool and silk floss; motto throughout the center.
Gallery Label:
A note found with the bookmark has a poem entitled "Christian Friendship," and indicates that it was a gift from Mary J. Curtis to M. Hastings.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
