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Handkerchief: God save the King
British
early 1940s
Medium/Technique
Silk
Dimensions
Height x width: 10 1/2 x 11 in. (26.7 x 27.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf
Accession Number2011.2374
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionLight blue handkerchief with scalloped edges. Top corners have pictures of airplanes bottom corners have pictures of a ballerina and a singer. Stenciled text. Geometric pattern forms a square in the center.
ProvenanceBy 2011, with Chris Saunders of Sotherans, London; 2011, sold by Saunders to Jean and Frederic Sharf, Chestnut Hill, MA; 2011, year-end gift of the Sharfs to the MFA. (Accession date: January 25, 2012)