Handkerchief

Unknown

1825–50 · linen · Costume Institute

The dense embroidery on this handkerchief is complex and beautifully balanced. The whitework coronet and shield indicate that the object may have been part of a court presentation costume. The coronet motif features nine pearls, which represents the rank of a viscount.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1825–50

Medium

linen

Culture

probably French

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