Object Number 1960.0193

Object Name

Handkerchief

Category

Textiles

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Place of Origin

England or United States, United Kingdom or United States, Europe or North America

Origin Notes

This handkerchief was printed in England or America c. 1800.

Date

1795-1805

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Label; Sewn on white twill label; "T502 60.193" (ink)
2. Label; Pinned on white tag; "Drawer 69" [over] "Drawer 69" (graphite)

Subjects

Flowers

Materials

Linen

Techniques

Block printed, Woven (plain), Mordant style

Dimensions (inches)

27.5 (L) , 34.5 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

69.85 (L) , 87.63 (W)

Measurement Notes

Measurements are approximate due to the inherent variability of textiles. Montgomery determined warps per inch at: 52. Selvedge width: 34.5 inches Block size: 8 1/2 inches x 4 1/2 inches

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Chapter] Bide, Martin. Secrets of the Printer's Palette, Colors & Dyes in Rhode Island Quilts [Book] Welters, Linda & Ordoñez, Margaret. Down by the Old Mill Stream: Quilts in Rhode Island. 83-121.
• Information on mordant style, p. 88, 101-14
[Book] Storey, Joyce. 1974 The Thames and Hudson Manual of Textile Printing.
• Information on mordant style, p. 11