Lady's Handkerchief

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Lady's Handkerchief

Entry/Object ID

CW 798

Description

Handkerchief. Large plain white linen handkerchief with woven striped decorative border. Inked at bottom a bird's nest motif and name: "Lydia Seal." Circa 1783. Condition not given. Handkerchief belonged to Lydia Richards Seal (1762-1845) of Wilmington, Delaware. The donor, Emily Smyth Cooper (Johnson), was the daughter of Lucy Smyth and Howard M. Cooper of Camden New Jersey at her marriage to James Johnson of Philadelphia May 8, 1915. Transcribed from original accession record.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1783

Place

* Untyped Place

Wilmington, Delaware

Provenance

Notes

Handkerchief belonged to Lydia Richards Seal (1762-1845) of Wilmington, Delaware. Inked at bottom a bird's nest motif and name: "Lydia Seal." The donor, Emily Smyth Cooper (Johnson), was the daughter of Lucy Smyth and Howard M. Cooper of Camden New Jersey, who married James Johnson of Philadelphia May 8, 1915. Emily Smyth Cooper Johnson was a 1907 graduate of Bryn Mawr College. From 1911 to 1919 she served ad Chairman of Trustees of Camden Friends' School.