Handkerchief

Billy Weiss|Herzman Scarfs

1950 · linen · Costume Institute

Handkerchiefs were still very much a part of a woman's wardrobe in the 1950s. This attractive printed example represents one of four Billy Weiss designs in the collection that were printed using a single screen (2009.300.3129, 2009.300.3131, and 2009.300.3132).

Artist

Billy Weiss|Herzman Scarfs

Date

1950

Medium

linen

Culture

American

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Herzman Scarf, 1950