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Date1928 - 1942
Terms
- Visitors Books
- Gilt
- Gesso
- Leather
- Paper
- Italy
Dimensions15.23 × 10.15 cm (6 × 4 in.)
MarkingsBlind stamped "Made in Italy."
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Priscilla F. Caiger (1992)
Object number1992.7
DescriptionOld Mill Dam Tea Room guest book, with a list of guests rangng from 1928-1942. Paper; leather, gesso, gilt. Fourteen folded leaves with ink inscriptions loose in a leather, boards, and gilt gesso cover, the leather spine secured to the boards with wrought nails. On the front cover is a photo reproduction of a Renaissance profile portrait of a lady, with relief designs above and below (in imitation of medieval/Renaissance volumes). The inscriptions date from 1928-1942.
