Summary

This fine silk handkerchief features a printed border of scotch thistles. It is possibly a Scottish souvenir or memento.

It belonged to Emily Hannah Francis, of Garden City, and was part of a collection of 145 souvenir and commemorative handkerchiefs put together by Emily, sent to her by pen friends from around the world, up to her death in 1943.

Physical Description

Fine sheer silk handkerchief with handstitched edging, printed with an abstract design of scotch thistles in bloom as border, in cyclamen pink, teal and black dye.

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