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White India muslin embroidered with white cotton and with drawn-work, shadow-work, laid-work, chain stitch and button hole stitch. In one end is worked the date, 1752, and in the other R. L., the initials of the maker, Rachel Leonard.

Provenance

This piece was made by Rachel Leonard of Norton, Mass., an ancestress of Mrs Davis

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Susan Hedge Davis of Plymouth, Mass.

Kerchief

  • American, Colonial, 1752
  • Embroidered by Rachel Leonard, American (Boston, Masssachusetts)
Dimensions
Length x width: 52.1 x 129.9 cm (20 1/2 x 51 1/8 in.) (Maximum)
Medium or Technique
Cotton plain weave embroidered with linen
Classification
Costumes
Accession Number
12.193
On view
Edward and Nancy Roberts Family Gallery (Rotating Collections) - LG26

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