The Centennial International Exhibition of 1876 Star Spangled Banner Woven Silk Bookmark

The Centennial International Exhibition of 1876 Star Spangled Banner Woven Silk Bookmark This is an original 1876 souvenir bookmark issued to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. Woven silk of our American flag with staff and a banner reading 'E Pluribis Unum' flies above the flag. "One from many," latin for the American determination to form a single nation from a collection of states. Below the flag is our national anthem, The Star Spangled Banner, (written in 1812 by Francis Scott Key) with both the lyrics and music. Exemplary of early American silk jacquard weave, Stevengraph design. Thomas Stevens, from Coventry, England, adapted the Jacquard looms to weave colorful pictures woven from silk. Stevens produced four different designs in 1862 and by the late 1880s, had over 900; they became known as "Stevengraphs", named after the maker. American Silk Industry History: The American Silk Industry has its roots in the colon