Bookmark
Henry Richardson
Category
Household and miscellaneous
Date
19 Nov 1859
Materials
Silk ribbon and cardboard
Measurements
255 mm (length); 53 mm (width)
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 666350
Summary
A cream silk ribbon bookmark on which is glued a cream cardboard embroidery card pierced with numerous tiny holes. There is a lace imitation pierced border. In green embroidery thread is stitched 'Henry Richardson Aged 12 November 19 1859'. There is also an embroidered green heart shape. The cream silk ribbon is very fragile and has almost separated into two halves. It is frayed at one edge and almost has a hole in it where there is blu-tack on the reverse.
Makers and roles
Henry Richardson, embroiderer