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Kerchief
English
1760–1800
Object Place: England
Medium/Technique
Cotton print
Dimensions
65.6 x 69.9 cm (25 13/16 x 27 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Hale Sutherland
Accession Number59.1059
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionKerchief: "The Humors and Deversions of Bartholomew Fair." Fine natural cotton or linen tabby-woven ground, printed with copperplate in red. Complex city landscape, crowded with booths, figures, and animals. Oval cartouche, bearing title of scene, in upper center touching border. Border shows guilloche of leaves or twisted ribbons. Slightly faded; quite worn; a number of breaks and holes. Lined with loosely woven cotton.