Handkerchief
second quarter of the 19th century
Place of ManufacturePhillippines
Place of UseBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniquePiña (pinapple leaf fiber) plain weave with cotton embroidery and deflected warps and wefts (openwork)
Dimensions52.5 x 52.5 cm (20 11/16 x 20 11/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Emily Welles Robbins (Mrs. Harry Pelham Robbins) and the Hon. Sumner Welles, in memory of Georgiana Welles Sargent
Accession number49.983
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ProvenanceInherited by Miss Georgiana Welles Sargent (born 1858) of New York City; Gift of Emily Welles Robbins (Mrs. Harry Pelham Robbins) and the Hon. Sumner Welles, in memory of Georgiana Welles Sargent, to MFA 1949
second quarter of the 19th century
around 1815
mid-19th century
secon quarter of the 19th century
early 19th century
second quarter of the 19th century
mid-19th century
mid-19th century
Mid-19th century
