HANDKERCHIEF
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
An off-white silk, embroidered handkerchief. The center area is plain. The corners have embroidered motifs in each corner with small flowers as accents. The motifs are in the shape of leaves and have fillings of different styles. Between each corner are two rows of embroidered flowers and dots alternating. Above one corner motif is the embroidered monogram MPH. This may have been a wedding handkerchief when Mrs. Post married E. F. Hutton.
- Object name:
- HANDKERCHIEF
- Made from:
- Silk
- Made in:
- UNKNOWN
- Date made:
- ca. 1920
- Size:
- 20.3 × 20.3 cm (8 × 8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 45.562
- Class:
- Linen
- Signature marks:
- monogram MPH Above one corner of handkerchief.
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973