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Handkerchief
French
19th century
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Linen, embroidery
Dimensions
47.5 x 49 cm (18 11/16 x 19 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Mary Lee, in memory of her mother, Marion Dove Lee (Mrs. Francis W. Lee)
Accession Number54.24
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionUnfinished handkerchief; sheer white linen (now tender and cracking); minute border design of vine bearing clusters of quatrefoil blossoms; large design in one corner worked with white linen thread, much of it in high relief and free-standing, of bird perching on branch with elaborate flowering branches forming oval medallion around him.