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Embroidered handkerchief

late 1800s

Philippines

Medium
pineapple cloth: silk embroidery
Measurements
Average: 32.4 x 33 cm (12 3/4 x 13 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert Livingston Ireland Jr. in memory of his mother, Mrs. P. W. Harvey 1936.739
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Sallie Perkins (Mrs. Jacob B. Perkins) gifted this handkerchief to Lilian Converse Hanna (Mrs. S. Prentiss Baldwin) before the latter’s marriage in 1898.

Description

This square handkerchief is made of piña fiber cloth in plain weave. All four edges are finished with a hand-embroidered cotton border of small repeating floral motifs. One corner bears the embroidered monogram “L. C. H.,” the initials of its first owner, Lilian Converse Hanna.

Embroidered handkerchief

late 1800s

Philippines

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