Kerchief
- Object Name:
- Kerchief
- Object ID:
- 1939.014.02
- Creator:
- Kimball, Fanny W. (1792-1860)
- Place of Origin:
- Lebanon, NH
- Date:
- 1840-1860
- Description:
- Scarf or kerchief. Three-cornered white cotton-muslin neck scarf, fine buttonhole embroidery all around with leaf sprig in each large scallop. Fine bell-flowers, roses, leaves, trailing designs, and knot embroidery at back of neck, which turns back making collar.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Provenance:
- Made by Fanny Willis Kimball (1792-1860), wife of Robert Kimball (1786-1875) of Plainfield, and Lebanon. The donor, Anna K. Grow (1881-1968), was the adopted daughter of Mary E. Kimball (1834-1913), daughter of Robert and Fanny W. Kimball.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Anna K. Grow
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