Collection Highlights
Framed leaves from Abraham Lincoln's bier
Date:
1865
Object Number:
1947.47
Medium:
Albumen photograph, plant material, ink, silk ribbon, wood gilding
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Centennial ribbon
Object Number:
INV.2878
Date:
1876
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/2 x 2 1/8 in. ( 26.7 x 5.4 cm )
Description:
Polychrome jaquard-woven silk ribbon (bookmark) depicting portrait of George Washington within oval medallion, surmounted by eagle with American flag; portrait within elaborate blue and pink surround inscribed at top: "THESE UNITED COLONIES ARE,/AND OF RIGHT OUGHT TO BE,/FREE AND INDEPENDENT STATES."; names of states are vertically inscribed on stripes beneath portrait, ending with gold stars, from left to right: "NEW HAMPSHIRE/RHODE ISLAND/MASSACHUSETTS/NEW YORK/CONNECTICUT/NEW JERSEY/PENNSYLVANIA/VIRGINIA/DELAWARE/N CAROLINA/S CAROLINA/MARYLAND/GEORGIA"; beneath is stylized scroll with date at either end: "1776/1876" and inscription: "IN COMMEMORATION OF/THE CENTENNIAL OF/AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE"; above lower end, folded to straight point, is stars and stripes shield encircled by laurel and oak wreath; scroll with inscription above: "E PLURIBUS UNUM".
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
