Violets

Silk ribbon with an illustration of a violet drawn in. I'm guessing drawn, I see no stitch marks or anything similar... but then again, I am not an expert on 19th century textiles.

Found in "Winston's Cumulative Loose-Leaf Encyclopedia Volume II - Bay Of - Chalcis" edited by Thomas Finegan. Published by Winston Co., 1926.
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  1. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2009 at 8:31 PM

    Hi,

    Love the site.

    These don't look quite like violets. The leaves are wrong, and violets usually grow one blossom to a stem.

    Given the color and the clusters of blossoms, they could be forget-me-nots.

    Oh, while I'm here, what made you stop posting photos of the books? That made it more fun, especially when the books were so marvelously antique!

    Mary B.

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  2. Michael PopekJanuary 31, 2009 at 10:41 PM

    Hey Mary - I call them violets only because that's what was written on the back (although it didn't show up in the can I took). I'll include the books from now on.

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