Museum Collections
Luce Center
Printed textile
Title
Printed textile
Object name
Souvenir picture
Date
1876
Medium
Silk
Dimensions
Overall: 10 3/4 x 6 in. ( 27.3 x 15.2 cm )
Description
Vertical rectangular machine woven souvenir picture in various colors of silk commemorating the Philadelphia Centennial International Exhibition; American bald eagle against star-studded aurora, holding crest, banner and laurel leaves, image of George Washington beneath set in laurel leaves with an American flag on either side, bottom half has image of the exhibition site and things relating to Philadelphia--stream train, harbor, wheat shafts, etc., inscription on banner across bottom.
Credit Line
Gift of Mary Otis Stevens
Object Number
1939.157
Marks
woven: top center: "PHILADELPHIA / INTERNATIONAL - EXHIBITION"
woven: across bottom: "CENTENNIAL - UNITED STATES - INDEPENDENCE-
woven: bottom left: "MEMENTO / 1776 / J. B. CHAMPROMY"
woven: bottom right: SOUVENIR / 1876 / A. LARCHER PA"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.





