Handkerchief
An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art
The dense embroidery on this handkerchief is detailed and refined. The beautiful overall design combines complex motifs and embroidery stitches with high-quality lace. The execution of detail in the heraldic shields is particularly fine.
The Costume Institute
An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art
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.