Digital Collections

Kerchief

Object/Artifact

Plainwoven cotton with hand stitched narrow hems. Buff, block printed in medium and dark brown. Border of angled paisley blobs with flower stalks, filled with paisleyesque buds in close rows.Field repeat: 7.5” x 9”.34 3/8” wide by 30 1/4” long.

G96.097

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

1800 - 1825

User Age: Adult Gender: Neutral

handkerchief

kerchief

plainwoven

cotton

hand stitched

block printed

paisley

flower

buds

handkerchief

kerchief

plainwoven

cotton

hand stitched

block printed

paisley

flower

buds

New York

United States of America

North America

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