Philadelphia Museum of Art - Collections Object : Handkerchief

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Costume and Textiles

Handkerchief

Made in Ghent, Belgium, Europe

c. 1855-60

Artist/maker unknown, Belgian

Linen bobbin lace (Valenciennes)
16 x 16 1/2 inches (40.6 x 41.9 cm)

Currently not on view

1889-34

Gift of Mrs. G. Craig Heberton, 1889

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The Fine Art of Textiles
This type of handkerchief was made at the convent of Notre Dame de la Visitation in Ghent between 1852 and 1867, with this design produced from about 1855 to 1860. Dilys E. Blum, from The Fine Art of Textiles: The Collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art (1997), p. 74.