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Bookplate for Villányiné Kiss Emilia

Date Unknown / Dinnyés Ferenc

4_27_Emilia.jpg

A pictorial-style bookplate in black ink on ivory paper with a line border. The central image is of a woman in profile, facing left and kneeling on an open book. She has one arm extended and one curved over her head, which is facing upwards. There are blocky wings with an art deco pattern extending from her back, and behind her is an eight-pointed star, with lines radiating from a blank central space. Above is the text "Ex libris" and beneath is the name Villányiné Kiss Emilia.

~ Dinnyés Ferenc , “Bookplate for Villányiné Kiss Emilia,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed March 29, 2024, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/1563.

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Title

Bookplate for Villányiné Kiss Emilia

Subject

Bookplates
Women in art

Description

A pictorial-style bookplate in black ink on ivory paper with a line border. The central image is of a woman in profile, facing left and kneeling on an open book. She has one arm extended and one curved over her head, which is facing upwards. There are blocky wings with an art deco pattern extending from her back, and behind her is an eight-pointed star, with lines radiating from a blank central space. Above is the text "Ex libris" and beneath is the name Villányiné Kiss Emilia.

Creator

Dinnyés Ferenc

Source

The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection

Publisher

Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections

Contributor

Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)

Format

Jpg derived from Tif

Language

eng

Type

StillImage

Identifier

PPL-MS: 1925.1.306

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Paper

Physical Dimensions

4 and 1/4"H x 3"W