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Scarf: Centennial Inter. Exh., Philadelphia, 1876

Scarf: Centennial Inter. Exh., Philadelphia, 1876
Title
Scarf: Centennial Inter. Exh., Philadelphia, 1876
Object name 
Kerchief
Date 
1876
Medium 
Cotton
Dimensions 
Overall: 23 1/2 x 28 in. ( 59.7 x 71.1 cm )
Description 
Cotton copper-engraved souvenir kerchief from the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, PA; central oval medallion is an image of the Main Building overlapped by two smaller oval medallions with images of the Art Gallery and the Horticultural Building; Greek key border with portraits of George Washington and Ulysses S. Grant garlanded in the upper corners; garlanded seals commemorating the birth of the nation and congresses act to hold the exhibition; printed in black on a white ground.
Credit Line 
Gift of Miss Madeleine Riker
Object Number 
1953.191
Marks 
printed: in center: "THE ART GALLERY/ INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876./ MAIN BUILDING/ HORTICULTURAL BUILDING." printed: on border: "Washington/ Grant/ 1776/ 1876/ PHILADELPHIA/ IN COMMEMORATION OF THE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE/ ACT OF CONGRESS JUNE 1874/ THE UNITED COLONIES ARE, AND OF RIGHT OUGHT TO BE, FREE AND INDEPENDENT STATES"
Gallery Label 
This kerchief was bought by Ella Carmichael Riker in Philadelphia, who married Mr. Alpheus Pierson Riker, Jr.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Creative: Tronvig Group