Item HT 42751 Handkerchief - Whitework & Embroidered Floral Wreath, circa 1930s

Summary

This pale blue cotton handkerchief with scalloped edging displays a variety of different sewing techniques. The single decorative whitework corner panel features lace, drawn thread work and embroidery, and there is a wreath of embroidered flowers coming from this in multicoloured thread.

The handkerchief 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 pale blue cotton handkerchief with finished scalloped edge in multicoloured, variegated silk thread. In this same thread is a single floral wreath embroidered in one corner of the handkerchief, which is connected to the corner whitework piece, which itself features lacework, drawn thread work, and embroidery in white cotton.