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Souvenir

Collection Type

  • Cultural artifacts

Date

ca. 1892

GUSN

GUSN-245902

Description

Souvenir panel; rectangular, jacquard; woven silk; depicts Columbus on a ship sighting America and his crew praising him; black on white.

Details

Descriptive Terms

souvenirs
silk (textile)
jacquard
maritime history
Souvenir
Card, Souvenir

Inscription

"Columbus Sighting America/Designed and woven at the /Arlington Mills/Lawrence Massachusetts U.S.A." (printed)

Associated Person

Columbus, Christopher

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

21 1/2 x 15 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift from W.W. Cordingley

Accession Number

1921.157

Places

Massachusetts (United States)
Lawrence (Essex county, Massachusetts)

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