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Handkerchief

Handkerchief
Object name 
Handkerchief
Date 
1930-1950
Related People 
Artist/Maker: Helen Sargent Hitchcock
Medium 
Cotton
Dimensions 
Overall: 11 1/2 x 11 in. ( 29.2 x 27.9 cm )
Description 
Cotton block-printed handkerchief with an image of two inter-looped lais in white, brown, fuchsia, and yellow ink and two flower groups in the same colors on an aqua ground with two brown stripes; yellow, brown and white border.
Credit Line 
Gift of Mrs. Ripley Hitchcock
Object Number 
Z.1112
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.