Object Number 1959.0957

Object Name

Handkerchief

Category

Textiles

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Henry Gardiner (Artist)
"Henry Gardiner established a printworks at Wandsworth, Surrey, in 1792, which employed 200 hands. The printworks was still in operation in 1815." Sources: [Catalogue] Victoria and Albert Museum. 1960. Catalogue of a Loan Exhibition of England Chintz: English Printed Furnishing Fabrics from their Origins until the Present Day. p. 35, #183.

Place of Origin

Wandsworth, Surrey, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. ; BOTTOM; Henry Gardiner...

Subjects

Washington, George; Benjamin Franklin; Government; Declaration of Independence

Materials

Cotton

Techniques

Woven (plain), Copperplate Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

25.9 (L) , 28 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

65.8 (L) , 71 (W)

Measurement Notes

Under matting, and glass.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Collins, Herbert Ridgeway. Threads of History: America Recorded on Cloth 1775 to the Present. 566.
• page 53
[Manuscript] Montgomery, Florence. Handkerchiefs.
• page 14
[Article] Fleming, Patricia Crew. 1967 From Indian Princess to Greek Goddess the American Image, 1783-1815.
• page 44
[Book] Pritchard, Margaret Beck & Taliaferro, Henry G. 2002 Degrees of Latitude: Mapping Colonial America.
• page 295-296, Wallis Map
[Book] Eaton, Linda. 2014 Printed Textiles: British and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Published: p. 49, fig. 2.07