Handkerchief
Date1800-1815
OriginEurope, France
Dimensions36 3/4" X 37 3/4"
Credit LineAnonymous gift
Object number1971-1449,1
DescriptionMan's handkerchief: white cotton handkerchief embroidered in a chain stitch (tambour?) with drawn work fillings. In opposite corners- a formal arrangment of 7 flowers. (other corners are blank). The border is embroidered with a repeating motif of leaves and flowers with a swag. The handkerchief is hemmed with 2 connecting sides folded under and the other 2 connecting sides folded up.ProvenanceEx coll: Tomlinson, Ginsburg and Levy, Mrs. DeWitt Clinton Cohen.
1785-1815
1st half of the 18th c.
1800-1850(?)
ca. 1780
1854 (dated)
1800-1827 (compiled); some 1726
1725-1740, later printed edges
1740-1775
ca. 1769
1805-1815