Handkerchief
date: label: Date
content: 1790s
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Square handkerchief of cotton printed in red showing hunting themed designs. Four oval medallions show hunting and sporting scenes; round center medallion, a drinking scene. At left, a song with music, “Old Towler a Favourite Hunting Song.” At right, a song with one line of music above, “The Dogs and Guns, a Favourite Shooting Song.” Spaces between medallions show guns, baskets, bows and arrows, all arranged as decoration; birds in corners; a narrow border is composed of birds, hares, bows and arrows. Cotton is hand woven, plain cloth and selvages have fine blue threads in warp.
place: label: made in
content: England
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1953-170-1
objectType: label: Type
content: printed, dyed & painted textiles
label: Type
content: Handkerchief
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: cotton Technique: printed with engraved plate on plain weave
label: Dimensions
content: L x W: 54 × 64 cm (21 1/4 × 25 3/16 in.)