Trim 1, from Lincoln's catafalque

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Resource Type

image

Coverage / Year

Mid-Victorian, Springfield, IL
1865

Description

Silver thread & wire wrapped around wooden beads, with fringe bottom. Small top bead wrapped in basket weave pattern, small wrapped ring separates two beads. Larger bead wrapped in ribbed pattern. Fringe, which is attached to bottom of bead, is twisted wire in a spiral pattern. Secured on thin wooden dowel. H 7" x Diam 3 3/8".

Interpretation

Fringe is from Lincoln's catafalque, displayed in the Old State Capitol building before his funeral in 1865.

Lesson Plans / Themes

How we learn about communities
Antebellum Society and the Civil War
American Communities in History

Learning Standards

16 History

Author or Creator

Unknown

Source

Transferred from Ford's Theatre NHS, Washington, D.C.

Subject / Keywords

Custom
Victorian
Catafalque
Assassinations
Funeral
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Collection Publisher

Lincoln Home National Historic Site

Rights Management Statement

http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc/conditions.htm
For any further information related to this record, please contact the Collection Publisher. See http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc for more information about this project.

Resource Identifier

LIHO 6776

Date Created

06/06/03

Resource Type	image
Title	Trim 1, from Lincoln's catafalque
Coverage / Year	Mid-Victorian, Springfield, IL 1865
Description	Silver thread & wire wrapped around wooden beads, with fringe bottom. Small top bead wrapped in basket weave pattern, small wrapped ring separates two beads. Larger bead wrapped in ribbed pattern. Fringe, which is attached to bottom of bead, is twisted wire in a spiral pattern. Secured on thin wooden dowel. H 7" x Diam 3 3/8".
Interpretation	Fringe is from Lincoln's catafalque, displayed in the Old State Capitol building before his funeral in 1865.
Lesson Plans / Themes	How we learn about communities Antebellum Society and the Civil War American Communities in History
Learning Standards	16 History
Author or Creator	Unknown
Source	Transferred from Ford's Theatre NHS, Washington, D.C.
Subject / Keywords	Custom Victorian Catafalque Assassinations Funeral Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Collection Publisher	Lincoln Home National Historic Site
Rights Management Statement	http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc/conditions.htm For any further information related to this record, please contact the Collection Publisher. See http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc for more information about this project.
Resource Identifier	LIHO 6776
Date Created	06/06/03

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