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Handkerchief

Collection Type

  • Clothing and Accessories

Date

1940s

GUSN

GUSN-265514

Description

White cotton Handkerchief with Cinderella motif in lower right corner; blue, green, gray, orange, black; scene with "pumpkin coach" riding up to the castle; the design printed onto the fabric, not embroidered.

Details

Descriptive Terms

handkerchiefs
cotton (textile)
printing (process)
stitching
fairy tales
Handkerchief

Inscription

"(copyright symbol) W.D.P." (printed)

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

8 3/4 x 8 3/4 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Jane Nylander

Accession Number

2002.35.4

Places

Freedom (Carroll county, New Hampshire)
Amherst (Hampshire County, Massachusetts)
New Hampshire (United States)
Massachusetts (United States)

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