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NAPKIN, ONE OF 31

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About this object

Square dinner napkin with white work embroidery, featuring satin stitches, bullion knots, and ladder stiches. Embroidery is concentrated to the lower right corner edge and features the monogram “MPH” for “Marjorie Post Hutton,” surrounding motifs are curvilinear vines, leaves, and flower blossoms. Napkin is edged with a filet mesh also filled with flower blossom motifs.

Object name:
NAPKIN, ONE OF 31
Made from:
cotton -- flax
Date made:
1920-1935
Size:
13 × 13 in. (33 × 33 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
2014.2.8.4
Signature marks:
MONOGRAM: MPH [lower right corner]
Credit line:
Gift of Dina Merrill Hartley, 2014