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Handkerchief1780-1820

Not on view
Fine white embroidered textile with cutwork floral border, cartouche with cursive inscription, and scalloped lace edging along the lower hem
White linen textile with whitework embroidery: a central oval medallion surrounded by floral sprigs above a horizontal band of roses and leaves worked in satin stitch with cutwork openings, edged along the bottom with bobbin lace in a scalloped border.
White linen textile with whitework embroidery along the border: a central floral urn motif with cursive inscription, flanked by roses and leaves with cutwork openwork, finished at the hem with a delicate bobbin lace edging.
Fragment of fine white muslin with whitework embroidery; a central floral basket with script lettering above a border of roses and leaves with openwork cutwork details; finished with a narrow bobbin lace edging at lower hem.

Unknown, Handkerchief, 1780-1820 (alternate view), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Anna Bing Arnold, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Handkerchief
Place Made
probably Phillipines
Date Made
1780-1820
Medium
Bast fiber plain weave with cotton embroidery
Dimensions
26 7/8 × 27 5/8 in. (68.26 × 70.17 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Anna Bing Arnold
Accession Number
60.46.15
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles

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