Handkerchief

Museum number:
7-7266
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
4296 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
Handkerchief, white linen plain weave with button-hole stitched finely scalloped edge. One corder is ornamented with drawn work- a bow and a fancy embroidered “H” monogram.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Germany
Verbatim coll. place:
GERMANY
Culture or time period:
German
Materials:
Linen (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Handkerchiefs
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Dimensions:
length 13 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Handkerchief, accession number 7-7266, described as Handkerchief, white linen plain weave with button-hole stitched finely scalloped edge. One corder is ornamented with drawn work- a bow and a fancy embroidered “H” monogram.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Handkerchief, accession number 7-7266, described as Handkerchief, white linen plain weave with button-hole stitched finely scalloped edge. One corder is ornamented with drawn work- a bow and a fancy embroidered “H” monogram.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Handkerchief, accession number 7-7266, described as Handkerchief, white linen plain weave with button-hole stitched finely scalloped edge. One corder is ornamented with drawn work- a bow and a fancy embroidered “H” monogram.

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