The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 21, 2025

Embroidered Handkerchief

late 1800s

Philippines

embroidery in silk on pineapple cloth
Average: 32.4 x 33 cm (12 3/4 x 13 in.)
Gift of Robert Livingston Ireland Jr. in memory of his mother, Mrs. P. W. Harvey 1936.739
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

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.
  • ?–before 1898
    Mrs. Jacob Bishop [Sarah “Sallie” Moore Wilshire] Perkins [1856–1931], Cleveland, OH, given to Mrs. S. Prentiss [Lilian Converse Hanna] Baldwin
    before 1898–?
    Mrs. S. Prentiss [Lilian Converse Hanna] Baldwin [1852–1948], Cleveland, OH, to her niece Kate Benedict Hanna Harvey
    Kate Benedict Hanna Harvey [1871–1936], to her son Robert Livingston Ireland Jr.
    ?–1936
    Robert Livingston Ireland Jr. [1895–1981], Shaker Heights, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1936–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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