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Handkerchief

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

19th century

GUSN

GUSN-50451

Description

White linen handerchief with bound, scalloped edges, looping line ebroidery along border, ebroidered flowers in each corner.

Details

Descriptive Terms

handkerchiefs
linen (material)
embroidering
HANDKERCHIEF

Inscription

In ink, bottom of a corner: "E. L. C. Colman"

Associated Building

Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

1985.479

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