Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID |
2023.023.074 |
Object Name |
Handkerchief |
Material |
Cotton |
Collection |
Emerson Family Objects |
Description |
White cotton hankerchief with three rows of tatting near edges. Machine sewn. Handwritten note in pencil "Handkerchiefs & Doily made by my dear mother [Josephine Chamberlin (1842 - 1912) not long before her death in 1912" / in another hand "Lilian Emerson wrote this." Note written on envelop with "Mrs. John L. Emerson / Titusville, Pennsylvania" printed on back. "LEE" inside circle embroidered in white thread in one corner. |
Search Terms |
Emerson Homestead |
Subjects |
Hankerchiefs |
People |
Emerson, Lilian (née Ellis), 1868-1958 Chamberlin, Josephine (1842-1912) |