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Handkerchief

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1860-1885

GUSN

GUSN-73862

Description

Red; six ribbed band along all four edges; two hand rolled edges; small marks left by stretchers on loom along selvages.

Details

Descriptive Terms

handkerchiefs
accessories
stitching
silk (textile)
Handkerchief
Handkerchief

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

26 1/2 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.6296

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