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Handkerchief

Object/Artifact

Fine linen handkerchief with white satin stitch embroidery; doubly scalloped border with an inner scalloped border; eyelet bouquets in each corner. "Attached inked note reads: ”Hank made by Mother about 1852.” That was Ellen Elizabeth Gates Page, married 1857? See also Nos. 97.179-96.172."

G2009.041.02

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

1852

User Age: Adult Gender: Female

Handkerchief

Embroidered

Fine Linen

Page-Seekins

Page, Ellen Elizabeth Gates

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