Handkerchief
- Object Name:
- Handkerchief
- Object ID:
- 1965.003
- Creator:
- Cocheco Manufacturing Company
Manufacturer - Place of Origin:
- Dover, NH
- Date:
- 1892-1893
- Description:
- Handkerchief. Commemorating the1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago, IL. Made by Cocheco Manufacturing Company, Dover, NH. Unfinished square. Roller printed with 23" design repeat in blue, navy, red, yellow, green, and white on plain-woven cotton chintz. Central circular portrait of a building with eagle on shield above holding blue scroll with text "The Administration Building"; image framed by green laurels wrapped in blue ribbon. Circular border of flags from 24 countries followed by a red circular border with a white sawtooth edge and white text: "WORLD'S / COLUMBIAN / EXPOSITION / CHICAGO, 1893". Four dates in pink outlined in red printed on center of each side on the navy blue ground: "1892 / 1492 / 1892 / 1492", with five gold stars on each side of each date. Four disks each with images of buildings adorned with sprigs of laurels and red berries tied with red ribbon in each corner labeled "Electrical Building / Naval Exhibit / Art Palace / Machinery Hall". Bottom line of text printed in white: "COCHECO M'F'Co." spaced with a gold star, "LAWRENCE & CO., AG'TS". Bottom edge cut with 1.75" repeat of the next printing sequence. Two selvedges, unfinished (raw edges).
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- W-25.25 L-23.625 inches
- Provenance:
- Manufactured and printed by Cocheco Manufacturing Company in Dover, NH. The company printed textiles from 1827 to 1912.
- Credit Line:
- GIft of Richard G. Wood
- People:
- Wood, Richard G. (1900-1967)
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