Kerchief

Name/Title

Kerchief

Entry/Object ID

G2013.037

Description

Thin silk kerchief, block printed with red ground and black and white floral boughs interlaced trellis-fashion in the field; white border with red and black leaves on a twig. Some pinning. Both selvages, 2 narrow hand stitched hems. Just inside the border is a tiny stenciled name: Christianna. Lantz. To the right and upside down, nearly invisible, tiny cross stitched in single red silk: C Z. 30.8” (selvages) x 28”

Collection

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1835 - 1850

Lexicon

Search Terms

handkerchief, silk, block printed, hand stitched hem, stenciled name