Handkerchief
Date1785-1815
MediumCotton, Silk
DimensionsOH: 44 1/2 in.; OW: 42. 1/2 in.; One selvedge edge running along one side of the handkerchief.
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number2018-201
DescriptionA large white cotton handkerchief with multi-color tambour embroidery. The handkerchief is bordered on all four sides with red and brown swags with yellow dots. This border is reversed at opposite corners suggesting that this piece was designed to be worn folded in half as a triangle. The two sides that come to the point a center back has the addition of another green/yellow vine with green and pink leaves surrounded by yellow dots on either side of the swag. This section also has an additional blue vine. The center back point has a floral spray of yellow green stems and leaves with blue and pink flowers.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
1829
ca. 1880
1825-1850
c. 1775
1710-1740
1745-1750 (textile); gown ca. 1780, gown remade ca. 1845
1815-1820
ca. 1760-1780
1780-1790
1720-1750
ca. 1775
May, 1663