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Historic Costume | Fine and Decorative Arts

Welcome to our Online Collections Database! Below you will find a searchable database showcasing images and information regarding tens of thousands of items in our online collection. Search using search terms, key words, object names, or names of historical figures to locate specific items, or, peruse at random to enjoy the breadth of collections available for view.

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Kerchief

Object/Artifact

White plainwoven silk square handkerchief printed with brick red wavy border line with dotty shading and yellow flowers. Tiny yellow, green, brick sprigs regularly spaced on filed with regularly spaced black pin-dot ground. Stenciled in black diagonally across one front corner: “Lizzie F. Shank.” 31” x 29”

G90.187

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

1830 - 1850

User Age: Adult Gender: Neutral

handkerchief

kerchief

plainwoven

silk

flower

sprigs

Lizzie F. Shank

handkerchief

kerchief

plainwoven

silk

flower

sprigs

Lizzie F. Shank

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