Item HT 43033 Handkerchief - Green and Orange Geometric Design, Silk, circa 1933-1943

Summary

This silk handkerchief features bold printed colours and shapes. It may have been made in Japan for European/American export or appeared at the Japanese Pavilion in the 1933 Chicago World Fair, where other handkerchiefs from this collection were acquired.

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

Heavy white silk handkerchief with machine-stitched edge and a printed assymetrical design with a central green orbital pattern in a white circle. Surrounding this is a pale green ground and four assymetrical dark green and orange cornices with scalloped edges and three irregular circles in each. The circles are light blue, orange and burgundy.