Handkerchief

United States

1880 - 1900

  • Titles Handkerchief (Descriptive)
  • Medium linen
  • Dimensions 23 1/8 × 23 in. (58.7 × 58.4 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Helen Benedict Byrd in honor of Martha Milner Benedict, 1986.974
  • Work Type handkerchief
  • Classification Costume

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Pieced and appliqued quilt made in a grid of three by three large blocks connected by faded brown, walnut-dyed strips, each block with a large, stylized orange and green circular design in the middle with four sassafras leaves placed evenly around it, against a white ground.
Champagne flute with a conical bowl in black glass with a series of white dots that spiral around the bowl, becoming more elongated as they reach the stem where they appear to wrap around it, with round clear glass foot.
Turned and hand-modelled jug of tan stoneware and covered with blue speckles and a clear glaze, in the form of a rooster with red comb and wattle, the head slightly thrown back and the beak open as if crowing, with loop handle on its back and large pipe-shaped spout, the interior glazed.
One Patch quilt