Handkerchief

Handkerchief

Hermione Rosales

1850/1900

Accession Number

70002

Medium

Silk, plain weave; embroidered in back, buttonhole, overcast. padded overcast, and padded satin stitches; edged with square knotted netting; embroidered in open buttonhole filling, buttonhole; darned leave, and interlocking lace stitches; woven wheels and half wheels (lacis)

Dimensions

28.2 × 27.3 cm (11 1/8 × 10 3/4 in.)

Classification

textile

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of LaVerne Noyes