Handkerchief
- Object Name:
- Handkerchief
- Object ID:
- 1929.005.01
- Creator:
- Ames, Elizabeth Gibson (1844-1942)
- Date:
- 1880-1900
- Description:
- Handkerchief. White cotton muslin. Wide lace border of tape lace, widely made later than Renaissance. "Buttonhole" stitch. Cotton and linen
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- W-14 L-14 inches
- Provenance:
- Note from Mrs. Ames: "I am sending you by express, two more articles--which I am going to ask you to accept for the Historical So. One is a lace handkerchief--the other is a silk bedspread. Both of these things are my own work. I have no children that I can give them to so thought the Society was the best place. The work is all my own -----. The handkerchief must never be wet. I am now eighty seven years age -- so am putting my house in order."
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Elizabeth Gibson Ames
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