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Object Name
Handkerchief
Object Number
2011-138-3ab
Description
White linen square handkerchief with square woven plaid pattern; drawnwork along 4-sides of hem; stylized floral/spiral pattern along edges and doubled at corners. Postcard is ivory with 2 rows of embossed icicles; color printed poinsettias with "A MERRY CHRISTMAS/I send the old Greeting Tendered Year by Year." Addressed "To Miss Caldwell/From A.H. Rompey(?)"
Comment
Belonged to Edith E. Caldwell of Litchfield, CT.
Category
Personal Artifacts
Date Made
early 20th century
Materials
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Handkerchief