Object Number 2004.0071.003

Object Name

Book (Receipt Book)

Category

Books

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Van Tassel-Bauman American Antiques

Place of Origin

Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1830-1850

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Label; Inside front cover; "04.71.3" (graphite)
2. Inscription; Inside pages; "If thou art borrow'd by a friend / Right welcome shall he be / To read, To study, not to lend / But to return to me." (ink, handwritten)
3. Inscription; Inside pages; "Ann Warder - March 12 / Receipts for knitting" (ink handwritten)
4. Inscription; Inside pages; "This book belongs to / Ann Warder." (ink, handwritten)

Materials

Paint; Cardboard; Ink

Techniques

Painted

Construction Description

Hand-written

Dimensions (inches)

5.75 (H) , 3.75 (W) , 0.25 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

14.605 (H) , 9.525 (W) , 0.635 (D)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Thesis] Belolan, Nicole. 2009 "'The Blood of Murdered Time': Berlin Wool Work in America, 1840-1865". 218 M.A. University of Delaware Winterthur Program in American Material Culture
• Published: p. 58, fig. 7; information on p. 48