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On Display: House - Seventh Floor Hall - South End
Handkerchief
Henry Gardiner
Category
Textiles
Creator/Artist/Maker
Henry Gardiner (Artist)
Place of Origin
Wandsworth; Surrey; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Cotton
Museum Object Number
1959.0957
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1959.0957
Object Name
Handkerchief
Category
Textiles
Creator (Role)
Henry Gardiner (Artist)
Place of Origin
Wandsworth; Surrey; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Location: BOTTOM
Inscription: Henry Gardiner...
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Washington
- George
- Benjamin Franklin
- Government
- Declaration of Independence
Materials
- Cotton
Techniques
- Woven (plain)
- Copperplate Engraved
Dimensions (inches)
28 (W) x 25.9 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
71 (W) x 65.8 (L)
Measurement Notes
Under matting, and glass.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Collins, Herbert Ridgeway. Threads of History: America Recorded on Cloth 1775 to the Present. 566.
• page 53Manuscript: Montgomery, Florence. Handkerchiefs.
• page 14Article: Fleming, Patricia Crew. 1967 From Indian Princess to Greek Goddess the American Image, 1783-1815.
• page 44Book: Pritchard, Margaret Beck & Taliaferro, Henry G. 2002 Degrees of Latitude: Mapping Colonial America.
• page 295-296, Wallis MapBook: Eaton, Linda. 2014 Printed Textiles: British and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Published: p. 49, fig. 2.07