Handkerchief
- Object Name:
- Handkerchief
- Object ID:
- 2000.012.05
- Date:
- 1847
- Description:
- Handkerchief. Approximately square, sheer white cotton, with hand made lace sewn onto all edges. Lace is 0.5" wide.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- W-11 L-10 inches
- Provenance:
- Handkerchief from wedding outfit of Betsey Carleton (Haverhill, NH), used at her marriage to Stephen James Roberts (Claremont, NH), 1847. Note from donor (great-granddaughter of Betsey & Stephen Roberts): "These garments were ... used as teaching tools for my Historic Costume and Design course at Hesser College in Manchester, NH."
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Anne Landini
- People:
- Carleton, Betsey (1824-1908)
- Subjects:
- Wedding
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