Handkerchief

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Handkerchief

Place

Belgium (Object made in:)

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Made 1901–1925

Medium

Linen, plain weave; embroidered with cotton in antique hem and padded overcast stitches; insertion of cotton, bobbin straight lace of a type known as "Valenciennes"

Dimensions

32.7 × 32.4 cm (12 7/8 × 12 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Bequest of Mrs. Edward E. Ayer in memory of Edward E. Ayer

Reference Number

1934.404

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