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Handkerchief

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Collection Type

  • Toys and games

Date

1845-1874

GUSN

GUSN-72915

Description

Ivory; embroidered-floral with scallop

Details

Descriptive Terms

handkerchiefs
embroidering
silk (textile)
flowers (plants)
floral patterns
scallop shell
Silk
Embroidered
Shell
Flower
HANDKERCHIEF

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

3.75 x 2.75 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.2622

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