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Handkerchief

1840s
Linen, plain weave; cut work with cotton in darning, herringbone, and needle lace filling stitches; cut and drawn work with cotton in checker filling, hem, and wave filling stitches; embroidered with cotton in buttonhole, eyelet, padded overcast, padded satin and twined double running stitches; French knots
64.5 × 66 cm (25.4 × 26 in)

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