Digital Collections

Kerchief

Object/Artifact

Silk square with brocade leaflets and fine added fringe. Block printed with design having apple green center with decorative edge, on (now) beige ground. Border has inner row of hibiscus in red and pink, green and black. Outer border is lavender and purple ferny ground with green florets. About 30” square.

G96.058

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

1825 - 1840

User Age: Adult Gender: Female

handkerchief

kerchief

silk

brocade

leaflets

fringe

hibiscus

florets

handkerchief

kerchief

silk

brocade

leaflets

fringe

hibiscus

florets

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