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Handkerchief

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1850

GUSN

GUSN-15309

Description

Tan with block printing (discolored); floral garland border all around edge; multiplication chart, two thru twelve; five children sitting and playing around long bench; hand and machine sewn around top and bottom and right salvage.

Details

Descriptive Terms

handkerchiefs
accessories
cotton (textile)
Handkerchief
Handkerchief

Inscription

Printed on center (top half)= multiplication tables--set up in columns.

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

10 3/4 x 12 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Alice Allen Merrell

Accession Number

1981.216A

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