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HANDKERCHIEF

Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage


About this object

An off-white silk, embroidered handkerchief. The center area is plain. The corners have embroidered motifs in each corner with small flowers as accents. The motifs are in the shape of leaves and have fillings of different styles. Between each corner are two rows of embroidered flowers and dots alternating. Above one corner motif is the embroidered monogram MPH. This may have been a wedding handkerchief when Mrs. Post married E. F. Hutton.

Object name:
HANDKERCHIEF
Made from:
Silk
Made in:
UNKNOWN
Date made:
ca. 1920
Size:
20.3 × 20.3 cm (8 × 8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
45.562
Class:
Linen
Signature marks:
monogram MPH Above one corner of handkerchief.
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973