Lady's Handkerchief

Object/Artifact

Sidney Museum and Archives

Name/Title

Lady's Handkerchief

Entry/Object ID

2017.009.012

Description

Lady's handkerchief, unused. White cotton square, machine-stitched hem, double line border of outer black, inner red, printed around the edges of 16 coloured drawings of "Australian Wildflowers", including the better-known flowers of "Banksia", "Wattle" and "Bottlebrush". One corner printed with "DESIGNED IN AUSTRALIA BY heil" and another corner printed: "REG. DESIGN 86808"

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Stevens, Marolyn

Notes

Accession Date: 16-May-17 Mode of Acquisition: Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Handkerchief

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Personal Assistive Objects

Nomenclature Class

Personal Gear

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

lady's handkerchief

Created By

Jones, Isabel

Create Date

May 13, 2017

Updated By

Michael Goodchild

Update Date

September 13, 2024