1840 / 1850, England

1840 / 1850, England

Identifier
T.127-1971
Acquisition
Given by Miss B. Hinton
Collection
Technique
Depiction
Dimension
85.09 cm (length)
93.98 cm (width)
Production time
Production place
Type of object

Description

Handkerchief of printed silk, made in England, 1840-1850 Handkerchief printed in purple and black on white silk with a plain purple eight-lobed centre surrounded by lattice bearing a grape vine. Between the vine and branches of an oak bearing acorns vignettes open with deer at the corners and a fox and a rabbit on each side of the handkerchief. They are plate printed in black on white, and the surrounding area has a black ground with black and white shading for fruit and acorns, and purple for the leaves. Beyond this is a band of plain purple.