Handkerchief

Museum number:
2-62833
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020062833
Alternate number:
3425 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
Handkerchief, linen with cotton thread. Hemstitching, embroidery, appliqué, plain weave. White. Sheer linen with 1” hem. Floral motifs appliquéd and embroidered directly on cloth. Initials SJC in corner.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
United States
Verbatim coll. place:
U.S.A.
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Materials:
Linen (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works) and Handkerchiefs
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 18 inches and width 18 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Handkerchief, accession number 2-62833, described as Handkerchief, linen with cotton thread. Hemstitching, embroidery, appliqué, plain weave. White. Sheer linen with 1” hem. Floral motifs appliquéd and embroidered directly on cloth. Initials SJC in corner.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Handkerchief, accession number 2-62833, described as Handkerchief, linen with cotton thread. Hemstitching, embroidery, appliqué, plain weave. White. Sheer linen with 1” hem. Floral motifs appliquéd and embroidered directly on cloth. Initials SJC in corner.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Handkerchief, accession number 2-62833, described as Handkerchief, linen with cotton thread. Hemstitching, embroidery, appliqué, plain weave. White. Sheer linen with 1” hem. Floral motifs appliquéd and embroidered directly on cloth. Initials SJC in corner.

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