Images(2)

Handkerchief

Date1785-1815

OriginEngland (probably); worn in America, New York, Albany

MediumCotton

DimensionsOH: 40 in.; OW: 39 1/2 in.; no selvage edges present

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number2018-202

DescriptionA large white cotton handkerchief that was block printed to shape. A running flower and leaf boarder encloses four sides of the handkerchief that is now a brown sepia tone, but was a rich purple color. Each corner has a centered sprig motif. The cotton was woven with heavier threads on all four sides of the handkerchief close to the border, perhaps to denote where to cut the pieces or to allow more threads to help with the printing.

Worn in Albany, New York.

ProvenanceSold at Kerry Taylor Auctions, June 18, 2018
Ex. Collection of Cora Ginesburg
Puchased from the Ten-Eyck family of Albany