handkerchief, unknown maker from France

Artwork Overview

handkerchief
handkerchief
handkerchief
1800s
handkerchief , 1800s
Where object was made: France
Material/technique: embroidering; linen
Credit line: William Bridges Thayer Memorial
Accession number: 1928.0146
Not on display
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Civic Leader and Art Collector: Sallie Casey Thayer and an Art Museum for KU
Elegance, precision, and design harmonize in this linen handkerchief. The intertwining strapwork and flowers with needlepoint lace create depth and complexity while framing ethereal fabric embroidered with the name Anais.
Civic Leader and Art Collector: Sallie Casey Thayer and an Art Museum for KU
Elegance, precision, and design harmonize in this linen handkerchief. The intertwining strapwork and flowers with needlepoint lace create depth and complexity while framing ethereal fabric embroidered with the name Anais.

Exhibitions

Civic Leader and Art Collector: Sallie Casey Thayer and an Art Museum for KU
Celka Straughn, curator
2017–2018

Citations

Hanson, Kristan M. "Art Progress In the West: Gender, Collecting, and the Chicago Art Scene, 1908-1911." In Perspectives on a Legacy Collection: Sallie Casey Thayer’s Gift to the University of Kansas (2020): 50–69.