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Handkerchief

Object/Artifact

Handkerchief, blue print, uses of feathers "Small cotton handkerchief, hand hemmed. Cylinder printed in steam or china blue. The center vignette shows a variety of fowl in the barnyard. The perimeter features vignettes: a lady contemplating a display a feather beds in a bedding warehouse; a woman feeding chickens in the barnyard and another collecting eggs; children playing shuttlecock; a mother and daughter wearing “Down for dress”; a plumed bicorne hat; quill pencils and pens; bakers using “eggs for pastry glaze”; a couple purchasing fowl at the butcher shop and another herding their geese. Purchased in a modern red painted frame, resting on what appears to be acid free board. About 12” x 14” - cut from a series, no doubt."

G2005.099

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

1840 - 1850

User Age: Adult Gender: N

Handkerchief

Cylinder printed

vignettes

cut from a series

feathers

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