Hankerchief

Museum number:
9-17697
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3941
Description:
Handkerchief: natural white silk embroidered w/ peonies, butterflies and other flowers in multicolor silk floss, predominately pink. Dagged edge, worked in pink buttonhole stitch; soiled, both sides have motif. 35 cm L.
Donor:
Marie Richardson and Richard L. Phillips
Collection place:
China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Handkerchiefs
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
June 1984
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Hankerchief, accession number 9-17697, described as Handkerchief: natural white silk embroidered w/ peonies, butterflies and other flowers in multicolor silk floss, predominately pink. Dagged edge, worked in pink buttonhole stitch; soiled, both sides have motif. 35 cm L.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hankerchief, accession number 9-17697, described as Handkerchief: natural white silk embroidered w/ peonies, butterflies and other flowers in multicolor silk floss, predominately pink. Dagged edge, worked in pink buttonhole stitch; soiled, both sides have motif. 35 cm L.

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