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Court presentation handkerchief

1840–60
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Court presentation handkerchief
  • Date: 1840–60
  • Culture: Belgian
  • Medium: Linen
  • Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of the estate of Margaret M. Cullen, 1934
  • Object Number: 2009.300.4260
  • Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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