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Handkerchief

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1820-1840

GUSN

GUSN-25384

Description

White background w/ printed mulberry purple floral and foliate border. Corner motifs.

Details

Descriptive Terms

handkerchiefs
accessories
silk (textile)
Silk
HANDKERCHIEF

Associated Building

Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

23 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman

Accession Number

1985.558

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