Handkerchief

Unknown

1850–60 · linen · Costume Institute

The beautiful workmanship of this handkerchief is expressed in the sense of movement of the design and the highly detailed embroidery.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1850–60

Medium

linen

Culture

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