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Square silk twill kerchief

German (Württemberg or Bavaria)
19th century
Object Place: Germany

Medium/Technique Silk; Twill
Dimensions 102.5 x 100 cm (40 3/8 x 39 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Albert J. Beveridge in memory of Delia Spencer Field
Accession Number51.2768
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsCostumes

DescriptionChangeable green and red with plaid of stripes of red, orange, white, yellow, purple, black, green and white in part in satin weave; borders of polychrome chiné stripes; edges trimmed with silver bobbin lace.
ProvenanceDelia Spencer (Mrs. Marshall) Field (b. 1854 - d. 1937), Paris and Washington, DC; by inheritance to her niece, Catherine Spencer Eddy (Mrs. Albert J.) Beveridge (b. 1881 - d. 1970), Beverly Farms, MA; 1951, gift of Mrs. Albert J. Beveridge to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 13, 1951)