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Handkerchief

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1860 C-1890 C

GUSN

GUSN-13023

Description

Chartreuse; 6 ribbed band along all 4 edges; 2 hand rolled edges; small stretcher marks from loom spaced evenly along selvages.

Details

Descriptive Terms

handkerchiefs
accessories
stitching
silk (textile)
Handkerchief
Handkerchief

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

26 1/2 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.5441

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