Digital Collections
Kerchief
Object/Artifact
Thin silk kerchief, block printed with red ground and black and white floral boughs interlaced trellis-fashion in the field; white border with red and black leaves on a twig. Some pinning. Both selvages, 2 narrow hand stitched hems. Just inside the border is a tiny stenciled name: Christianna. Lantz. To the right and upside down, nearly invisible, tiny cross stitched in single red silk: C Z. 30.8” (selvages) x 28”
G2013.037
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
1835 - 1850
handkerchief
silk
block printed
hand stitched hem
stenciled name
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