Handkerchief

Unknown

fourth quarter 18th century · linen · Costume Institute

A combination of different embroidery techniques are expertly used to produce the narrative imagery of an amusing mythological story on this women's handkerchief.

Artist

Unknown

Date

fourth quarter 18th century

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