Handkerchief

Unknown

1950–60 · linen · Costume Institute

This well-made and handsomely designed men's handkerchief with its elaborate patterning and use of bright color displays the high sense of style of its owner.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1950–60

Medium

linen

Culture

probably European

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Bequest of H. Randolph Lever, 1964