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Handkerchief

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1830-1860

GUSN

GUSN-11568

Description

Of square form, linen in off white and butternut woven in double-line check pattern, with a wide butternut band at the border. It is hand hemmed.

Details

Descriptive Terms

handkerchiefs
accessories
linen (material)
weaving
Handkerchief
Handkerchief

Inscription

Embroidered on the corner in cross-stitch in light brown cotton on 1991.1766.2 is: R.C.

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

1991.1766.1,2

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

20 x 20 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1766.1-.2

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