Handkerchief

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Artist

A. & C. Cramer (Manufacturer)

Title

Handkerchief

Place

Düsseldorf (Object made in)

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Made 1875–1880

Medium

Cotton, plain weave; roller and engraved roller printed

Inscriptions

Inscriptions: (top center): "E Pluribus Unum" / "Centennial International" / (bottom center): "Exhibition" / "Fairmount Park" / "Philadelphia" / "1776 1876" / "Memorial Hall" / "Art Gallery" / (at corners): "Main Exhibition Building" / "The Machinery Hall" / "The Agricultural Hall" / "The Horticultural Hall" / (at lower left edge): "A & C Cram[w]er in Düsseldorf"

Dimensions

67.3 × 66.7 cm (26 1/2 × 26 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Sander Allen in memory of Cecil E. Barger, agricultural advertising and marketing authority

Reference Number

1995.389

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