Dinner in honor of Sir William Henry Perkin by his American friends to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his discovery of the dyestuff mauve on Saturday, the sixth of October one thousand, nine hundred and six at Delmonico's.
- Date:
- 1906
- Ephemera
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About this work
Description
Dinner menu, order of events and list of speakers. The interior is printed in purple on white board. The cover is printed in purple, white and gold on purple board. It features a woman in classical dress waving a garland in her left hand over an embossed portrait of William Perkin in the steam rising from a bowl, with bottles, scientific equipment and fruit in a bowl behind and the text in gold below. The 3 leaves of board are tied together at the top by a purple cord through two holes.
Publication/Creation
[New York?] : [publisher not identified], 1906.
Physical description
3 leaves : illustrations (part color), portrait ; 24 cm
Contributors
Notes
"Tiffany & Co." is in small gold letters in the bottom right corner.
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesEPH/25/12