Handkerchief

Unknown

1950–60 · linen · Costume Institute

This finely made high-style men's handkerchief exemplifies the period, especially in the weaving technique that forms the blue and brown stripe.

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