Handkerchief

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Collection Type

Clothing and accessories

Date

1850-1870

GUSN

GUSN-73590

Description

White with monogram in one corner; Edges turned back with drawn work.

Details

Descriptive Terms

handkerchiefs
accessories
embroidering
stitching
linen (material)
Handkerchief
Handkerchief

Inscription

Decorative embroidered monogram of white cotton located in one corner. Initials: ""OC"". Pink cotton thread stitched into corner below monogram; possible dry cleaner's mark.

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

19 3/4 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.5218

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