Skip to main content
On View
Not on view

handkerchief

Terms
  • Handkerchiefs
  • Lawn
  • Lace
Dimensions55.88 × 58.42 cm (22 × 23 in.)
MarkingsIn ink on handkerchief, near corner: "Alicia Mulliken"
Object numberPER125D
DescriptionHandkerchief made of fine white lawn with a 1.5" border made of handmade drawn thread work and lace. The scalloped edge features a pattern of sewn circles with a distinct dot at the center of each. The body of the handkerchief is sheer and simple.
Collections
  • Historic Clothing
Object number: PER2131.0001
Early 1800s (?)
handkerchief
Object number: 2013.21.2
Early 1800s
Object number: PER2153.0001
ca. 1867
handkerchief
Object number: 2013.21.4
Early 1800s
handkerchief
Object number: COS75.13
ca. 1890
handkerchief
Object number: 2013.21.3
Early 1800s
handkerchief
Object number: 2013.21.6
Early 1800s
Object number: COS0076.0136
ca. 1850