Museum

Selection

The current selection contains 1679 hankies out of totally 1679 in my museum. 20 hankies per page are shown.

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Handpainted silk
Silk with machine-made hem and a flashy pattern in blue. 28x28 cm. Perhaps for your breast-pocket? Looks unused.
Origin: Unknown (1960)

Handpainted silk

Pattern in black and white
Linen with fine machine-made hem and a hand-blocked print by Matilda. 29.5x29.5 cm. Mint.
Origin: United States

Pattern in black and white

Design Tammis Keefe
Linen with hand-rolled hem and a print by Tammis Keefe. 37x37 cm. Slightly used.
Origin: United Kingdom (1950)

Design Tammis Keefe

London souvenir
Silk with machinemade hem and prints from London. You can read the text Domine nos dirige (God leads us). 33x33 cm. Unused.
Origin: United Kingdom (1960)

London souvenir

What is the sense of that?
Cotton with a plain lace border and the text For confirmation and Import. Wrong order? 26x26 cm. Unused.
Origin: Unknown (1930)

What is the sense of that?

Old and handmade
Lawn wirh lace edging and small handembroideries.23x23 cm.Slightly used.
Origin: Sweden (1920)

Old and handmade

Souvenir de France
Silk with machine-made hem and a hand-embroidered corner. 27x27 cm. A souvenir from the war. Unused.
Origin: France (1940)

Souvenir de France

Little Red Riding Hood
Cotton with machine-made hem and a song about Little Red Riding Hood. 36x36 cm. Used.
Origin: Sweden (1960)

Little Red Riding Hood

Lilacs in pastel
Lawn with machine-made hem and a flower print in delicate colours. 43x43cm. Mint and with a label.
Origin: China (1990)

Lilacs in pastel

Silk with hand-embroidery
Silk with a hand-embroidered edging in yellow and white. 31x31 cm. Unused. A luxuary handkerchief.
Origin: Unknown (1950)

Silk with hand-embroidery

The thinnest silk
Silk with a hand-embroidered edging, all made in ivory white. A lot of stitches on the fine cloth! 31x31 cm. Unused.
Origin: Unknown (1950)

The thinnest silk

Two sweet hankies
Linen with crochet border and flower embroideries with knots . 28x28 cm. Unused.
Origin: Unknown (1990)

Two sweet hankies

Motor ship Gripsholm I
Silk with machine-made hem and a print. 28x28 cm. Unused but with a burst in one corner. A true souvenir! M/S Gripsholm was built in 1924 in Newcastle for Svenska Amerikalinjen and was sold to Germany in 1954. The ship is 174 m long and 22 m wide.
Origin: Sweden (1930)

Motor ship Gripsholm I

Design Jeanne Miller
Linen with hand-rolled hem and a print by Jeanne Miller. 38x38 cm. Slightly used.
Origin: United States (1950)

Design Jeanne Miller

Design Betty Anderson
Linen with hand-rolled hem and a print by Betty Anderson. 38x38 cm. Slightly used.
Origin: United States (1950)

Design Betty Anderson

Design Carolyn Schnurer
Linen with hand-rolled hem and a print by Carolyn Schnurer. 38x38 cm. Slightly used. Soft colours.
Origin: United States (1950)

Design Carolyn Schnurer

Design Kit Ann
Linen with hand-rolled hem and a print by Kit Ann.39x39 cm. Mint with very soft colours.
Origin: United States (1950)

Design Kit Ann

Both netlace and petit point
Lawn with netlace and a petitpoint embroidery. 27x27 cm. Mint. A cute hanky.
Origin: Switzerland (1950)

Both netlace and petit point

Swans and wild ducks
Lawn with overcast hem and hand-embroidered birds.22x22 cm. Unused child´s hankies.
Origin: Switzerland (1950)

Swans and wild ducks

Two hankies from the fifties
Cotton with machine-made hem, roses in two colours and checked in black and white. 26x26 cm. Washed.
Origin: Unknown (1950)

Two hankies from the fifties