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Ireland, Carrickmacross

Handkerchief, c. 1900

Linen, plain weave; edged with cotton, machine-made net; embroidered with cotton in cross, crossed back, darning overcast and knot stitches; buttonholed wheels; appliquéd with cotton, plain weave; cut work embroidered in overcast stitches; buttonholed bars and buttonhole and loop picots
32.4 x 32.7 cm (12 3/4 x 12 5/8 in.)
Gift of Mrs. Chauncey McCormick, 1945.113




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