handkerchief
date: label: Date made
content: ca/ 1784
label: Date made
content: cal. 1784
label: Date made
content: ca. 1784
notes: label: Description
content: Americans have been celebrating national events, anniversaries, and heroes on textiles since the beginning of the republic. This red and white copperplate printed linen handkerchief, celebrating the newly won freedom of the American colonies, was made in England in 1784. It features a center medallion of 13 hearts, and delicate floral sprays. Along the border are vignettes of American life during the Revolution, and a poem concerning the growing and processing of grain, flax, and tobacco by American women, while their husbands were away fighting the British.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T12748.000
label: catalog number
content: T12748.000
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Handkerchief, Printed, copperplate
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 22 1/2 in x 25 3/4 in; 57.15 cm x 65.405 cm