Handkerchief

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Collection Type

Clothing and accessories

Date

1900-1920

GUSN

GUSN-13032

Description

Pink center panel with ivory border; center panel inset in border; border turned back and stitched; illegible writing along edge of center panel on one side.

Details

Descriptive Terms

handkerchiefs
accessories
stitching
silk (textile)
Handkerchief
Handkerchief

Inscription

Handwritten on one side of center panel along border; illegible inscription.

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

20 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.6445

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