Handkerchiefs
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1840
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Panel of printed cotton with four boys' handkerchiefs which were never cut into individual squares. The fabric was hemmed, embroidered with initials and used as a man's handkerchief. The upper left square contains a scene of children at work and play. The upper right square features two giraffes surrounded by other animals, including a lion, a tiger, an armadillo, and a gazelle. The lower left square shows horses and various horse-drawn carriages, and the lower right a variety of sailing ships. All printed in black on a white ground, with red borders.
place: label: made in
content: England
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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. William A. Hutcheson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1943-31-8
objectType: label: Type
content: printed, dyed & painted textiles
label: Type
content: Handkerchiefs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved plate on plain weave Label: cotton printed by engraved plate
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 81.3 × 76.2 cm (32 × 30 in.)