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Handkercheif

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

GUSN

GUSN-13031

Description

Discolored white; drawn work hem on four sides; monogrammed; pink cotton thread on edge adjacent to monogram.

Details

Descriptive Terms

handkerchiefs
accessories
embroidering
linen (material)
Handkerchief
Handkerchief

Inscription

Embroidered in corner in white cotton thread: initials: ""T.C.""

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

22 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.6444

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