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Handkerchief (Map)
A MAP/of the Present/ SEAT of WAR/ in NORTH AMERICA
1776-1789
Category
Textiles
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Cotton
- linen
Museum Object Number
1959.0965
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
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Complete Details
Object Number
1959.0965
Object Name
Handkerchief (Map)
Title
A MAP/of the Present/ SEAT of WAR/ in NORTH AMERICA
Category
Textiles
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Origin Notes
Origin probably England.
Date
1776-1789
Subject(s)
- American Revolutionary War
- Peekskill Landing
- New York
- New Jersey
- Connecticut
- Long Island
Materials
- Cotton
- linen
Techniques
- Woven (plain)
- Copperplate Engraved
Dimensions (inches)
28.7 (W) x 25.7 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
72.9 (W) x 65.4 (L)
Measurement Notes
Measurements taken through frame.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Collins, Herbert Ridgeway. Threads of History: America Recorded on Cloth 1775 to the Present. 566.
• page 49Manuscript: Montgomery, Florence. Handkerchiefs.
• page 23Book: Eaton, Linda. 2014 Printed Textiles: British and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Published: pp. 340-341, C337.Other: Brueckner, Martin. The Object of Maps: Material Culture and Spatial Work in Early America, Workshop.