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Handkerchief

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1890-1905

GUSN

GUSN-13028

Description

White with monogram; faded blue border all around; edges turned back with drawn work.

Details

Descriptive Terms

handkerchiefs
accessories
embroidering
stitching
linen (material)
Handkerchief
Handkerchief

Inscription

Embroidered in corner decorative monogram w/ grapes below initials & 2 pipes (?) crossed above initials: ""T.C.""

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.6435

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