Creator:

E. Bollans & Co

Title:
A birthday wish : dear friend 'tis my wish, that each day of your birth, may bring you an increase of joy upon earth : above all may the Saviour, in infinite love, guide your footsteps securely, to mansions above.
Published / Created:

Leamington : E. Bollans & Co., [approximately 1870]

Physical Description:
1 silk picture : color ; 24 x 4 cm (with tassel)
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
NK9002.B6 B5 Box
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Visual Materials
Notes:

For information about silk bookmarks issued by E. Bollans & Co., see: Godden, G. Stevengraphs and other Victorian silk pictures, pages 407-410.

A woven picture, machine-embroidered on silk. On white silk in blue, purple, green, and gold.

The words "E. Bollans & Co." and "Leamington" are embroidered on the reverse.

Silk picture bookmark (in the manner of a Stevengraph) featuring birthday wishes above and below an illustration of a bouquet of flowers. With a gold tassel at the foot of the bookmark.

Subject Terms:
Birthdays -- Quotations, maxims, etc. | Bookmarks -- Specimens. | Silk pictures -- Specimens.
Form/Genre:
Bookmarks. | Embroidery (visual works) | Textiles.