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Handkerchief (Printed handkerchief)
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON.
1840-1841
Category
Textiles
Place of Origin
United States; North America
Materials
- Cotton
Museum Object Number
1981.0283
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Object Number
1981.0283
Object Name
Handkerchief (Printed handkerchief)
Title
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON.
Category
Textiles
Place of Origin
United States; North America
Origin Notes
Possibly British
Date
1840-1841
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Pinned on white tag
Inscription: "Drawer 69" [over] "Drawer 69" (graphite)
Type: Label
Location: Sewn on white twill label
Inscription: "81.283"
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- William Henry Harrison
- President
- War of 1812
Materials
- Cotton
Techniques
- Printed
- Woven (plain)
Dimensions (inches)
25.785 (W) x 26 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
65.494 (W) x 66.04 (L)
Measurement Notes
Measurements are approximate due to inherent variability of textiles.
Florence Montgomery determined warps per inch:
Selvedge width: 25.875 inches
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Eaton, Linda. 2007 Quilts in a Material World: Selections from the Winterthur Collection.
• Published: Chapter 6, p 152Book: Powell, G. Julie. 2000 The Fabric of Persuasion: Two Hundred Years of Political Quilts.
• Same print: p 16, Illustration of this printed design in a quiltBook: Collins, Herbert Ridgeway. Threads of History: America Recorded on Cloth 1775 to the Present. 566.
• page 101Book: Hurley, Daniel. 1982 Cincinnati: The Queen City.
• page 18Book: Eaton, Linda. 2014 Printed Textiles: British and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Published: p. 345, C350