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UNKNOWN
Bookmark
 (c. 1890)

Medium
silk, paper

Measurements
5.0 × 31.5 × 0.1 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Miss H. Clark, 1976

Reproduction requests

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Accession Number
D138-1976

Department
Australian Fashion and Textiles

Physical description
Bookmark of cream silk satin ribbon, folded back on itself at both ends, one with a fringed edge. Attached to the top surface is a perforated decorative paper layer, with figurative image at one end and grid like perforation embroidered with the word 'Affection' in green silk cross stitch.

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