Embroidered Handkerchief (1880–99): Art, History and Details
Embroidered Handkerchief at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1880–99, Plain weave piña, silk embroidery. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Embroidered Handkerchief (1880–99) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
This square handkerchief is made of piña fiber cloth in plain weave. All four edges are finished with a hand-embroidered cotton border of small repeating floral motifs. One corner bears the embroidered monogram “L. C. H.,” the initials of its first owner, Lilian Converse Hanna.
Object facts
- Title: Embroidered Handkerchief
- Date: 1880–99
- Culture: Philippines
- Type: Embroidery
- Technique: Plain weave piña, silk embroidery
- Dimensions: Average: 32.4 x 33 cm (12 3/4 x 13 in.)
- Collection: T - Lace
- Department: Textiles
- Accession number: 1936.739
A detail from the museum
Sallie Perkins (Mrs. Jacob B. Perkins) gifted this handkerchief to Lilian Converse Hanna (Mrs. S. Prentiss Baldwin) before the latter’s marriage in 1898.
Collection credit
Gift of Robert Livingston Ireland Jr. in memory of his mother, Mrs. P. W. Harvey
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See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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