Handkerchief
date: label: Date
content: late 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: White handkerchief elaborately embroidered in white linen. Corner design of flower sprays and small fluttering birds. Flowers are padded and raised with some leaves semi-detached from the ground. Border is composed of alternate square and oblong sections of embroidery, one framing a small flower design, the other solidly worked and decorated with S-scrolls, raised sections and drawnwork. Bobbin lace edging.
place: label: made in
content: Belgium or France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. R. Keith Kane from the estate of Mrs. Robert B. Noyes
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1951-60-4
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Handkerchief
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: linen Technique: embroidered, bobbin lace edging
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 44 × 44 cm (17 5/16 × 17 5/16 in.)