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Handkerchief Wrap

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1870-1900

GUSN

GUSN-857

Description

Cream colored; edged with cotton twill tape; tape extends in corner below monogram into two ties; monogram in one corner.

Details

Descriptive Terms

handkerchiefs
accessories
cotton (textile)
embroidering
stitching
linen (material)
Handkerchief
Handkerchief

Inscription

Embroidered monogram in one corner of cream silk. Initials: ""HC""

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

16 3/4 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.5290

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