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Culture:American
Title:handkerchief
Date Made:1773
Type:Personal Equipment; Textile
Materials:textile: linen; silk thread
Place Made:United States
Measurements:overall: 16 1/2 x 14 3/4 in.; 41.91 x 37.465 cm
Accession Number:  HD 2000.58.4
Credit Line:John W. and Christiana G. P. Batdorf Fund
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
A blue and white plaid handkerchief with floating decorative threads at intervals in the warp and weft direction. Top and bottom are hemmed in a whip stitch. At least one side is a selvage. The other side is hemmed like the top and bottom. The year "1773" in stitched in one area using white silk thread, and may not be original.

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