Handkerchief

Unknown

third quarter 19th century · linen · Costume Institute

The inscription on this handkerchief reads: "Venezia Piemonte Romagna" (Venice, Piedmont, Rome) all popular destinations for 19th-century travelers. Handkerchiefs such as these were collected in the period as souvenirs of the one's European tour.

Artist

Unknown

Date

third quarter 19th century

Medium

linen

Culture

Italian

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of the executors of the estate of Clara M. Blum in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Blum, 1966