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Handkerchief

19th century
Object PlaceBrazil
Medium/TechniqueLinen plain-weave with linen bobbin lace
Dimensions42.5 x 42 cm (16 3/4 x 16 9/16 in. )
Credit LineGift of Miss Sylvia Delano Hitch
Accession number43.156
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
Collections
Provenance1943, gift of Sylvia Delano Hitch (b. 1868 - d. 1966), Alstead Center, NH, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 15, 1943)
17th century(?)
Probably late 17th or 18th century
17th–19th century
17th century
Child's shirt
third quarter of the 18th century
Infant's shirt
third quarter of the 18th century
Infant's cap
18th century