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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