Handkerchief

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

A combination of different embroidery techniques are expertly used to produce the narrative imagery of an amusing mythological story on this women's handkerchief.

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.

Metropolitan Museum of Art