Handkerchief

Handkerchief

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The inscription on this handkerchief reads: "Venezia Piemonte Romagna" (Venice, Piedmont, Rome) all popular destinations for 19th-century travelers. Handkerchiefs such as these were collected in the period as souvenirs of the one's European tour.

The Costume Institute

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Costume Institute's collection of more than thirty-three thousand objects represents seven centuries of fashionable dress and accessories for men, women, and children, from the fifteenth century to the present.