Stevengraph bookmark - sb506: Chants (frayed end narrow ribbon)

It is not known how this bookmark is signed, and might not be of STEVENS manufacture.

A Stevens advertisement of 1869-1870 Retail Prices however record as catalogue number 12; " Best Small Chants & Hymns "; being two joined ribbons, and that matches the pair shown above.

This site also records a number of similar narrow ribbons with frayed ends, and these are attributed to Stevens manufacture.

The bookmark, CHANTS, is joined with HYMNS (recorded as sb1006)

These frayed end silk markers are joined at the top, either with tacking stitches (as the images above), or with similar material to the frayed bottom.

Reference Number:-	Darby Number:-	Godden Number:-
sb 506	not recorded	not recorded


the image of this bookmark was kindly donated by Jenni Redman, Great Britain
{frayed ends on both bookmarks}	Words: chants.	{design on the length of ribbons is an alternating circular pattern with IHS in one circle, and a cross pattern in the other}

Size of Silk:	18.0cm long by 1.0cm wide
Alternative back-ground colours:
Comments:	It is not known how this bookmark is signed, and might not be of STEVENS manufacture. A Stevens advertisement of 1869-1870 Retail Prices however record as catalogue number 12; " Best Small Chants & Hymns "; being two joined ribbons, and that matches the pair shown above. This site also records a number of similar narrow ribbons with frayed ends, and these are attributed to Stevens manufacture. The bookmark, CHANTS, is joined with HYMNS (recorded as sb1006) These frayed end silk markers are joined at the top, either with tacking stitches (as the images above), or with similar material to the frayed bottom.