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  1. Baby Dress, c. 1940s - Dress

    Baby Dress, c. 1940s. Cream colored linen baby dress with machine-made embroidered design. Cream colored lace trim along bottom, sleeves, and neck of dress. Dress has cream colored linen band (0.25 inch) around sleeves above lace trim with a small embroidered circle at top. Around the neck there is an embroidered green and pink floral heart, blue ribbon design on sides of heart, and three small flowers on each side of the neck. Extending the leng...

    Record Type: Object

    Baby Dress
  2. Holbrook-Palmer Handkerchief, c. 1926-1958 - Handkerchief

    Holbrook-Palmer Handkerchief, c. 1926-1958. Holbrook-Palmer Collection. Beige-colored linen handkerchief. Beige satin stitched edges. Embroidered floral design in corner in the shape of a flower with stems and vines. Corner with embroidered floral design has scalloped edging.

    Record Type: Object

    Holbrook-Palmer Handkerchief, c. 1926-1958
  3. Holbrook-Palmer Handkerchief, c. 1926-1958 - Handkerchief

    Holbrook-Palmer Handkerchief, c. 1926-1958. Holbrook-Palmer Collection. Square white-colored linen handkerchief. Scalloped edging have satin-stitched hem. Embroidered corner has cream-colored satin stitched floral design with initials "OHP".

    Record Type: Object

    Holbrook-Palmer Handkerchief, c. 1926-1958
  4. Holbrook-Palmer Handkerchief, c. 1926-1958 - Handkerchief

    Holbrook-Palmer Handkerchief, c. 1926-1958. Holbrook-Palmer Collection. Square beige-colored linen handkerchief with light gold-colored hemstitch edge. Geometric light gold-colored and brown-colored satin-stitched patterns in corner. Embroidered corner has initials "OPH" in rectangular geometric design.

    Record Type: Object

    Holbrook-Palmer Handkerchief, c. 1926-1958
  5. Holbrook-Palmer Handkerchief, c. 1926-1958 - Handkerchief

    Holbrook-Palmer Handkerchief, c. 1926-1958. Holbrook-Palmer Collection. Square white-colored linen handkerchief. Scalloped edging have satin-stitched hem. Embroidered corner has cream-colored satin stitched floral design with initials "OHP".

    Record Type: Object

    Holbrook-Palmer Handkerchief, c. 1926-1958
  6. Holbrook-Palmer Handkerchief, c. 1926-1958 - Handkerchief

    Holbrook-Palmer Handkerchief, c. 1926-1958. Holbrook-Palmer Collection. Square beige-colored linen handkerchief with cream-colored hemstitch edge. Openwork inside edges of napkin create design. Cream-colored satin stitched shield with initials topped by crown in corner. Initials read "OPH" .

    Record Type: Object

    Holbrook-Palmer Handkerchief, c. 1926-1958
  7. Holbrook-Palmer Handkerchief, c. 1926-1958 - Handkerchief

    Holbrook-Palmer Handkerchief, c. 1926-1958. Holbrook-Palmer Collection. Square beige-colored linen handkerchief with cream-colored hemstitch edge. Openwork inside edges of napkin create design. Cream-colored satin stitched shield with initials topped by crown in corner. Initials read "OPH" .

    Record Type: Object

    Holbrook-Palmer Handkerchief, c. 1926-1958
  8. Holbrook-Palmer Handkerchief, c. 1926-1958 - Handkerchief

    Holbrook-Palmer Handkerchief, c. 1926-1958. Holbrook-Palmer Collection. Square beige-colored linen handkerchief with light gold-colored hemstitch edge. Geometric light gold-colored and brown-colored satin-stitched patterns in corner. Embroidered corner has initials "OPH" in rectangular geometric design.

    Record Type: Object

    Holbrook-Palmer Handkerchief, c. 1926-1958
  9. Holbrook-Palmer Hand Towel, c. 1926-1958 - Towel, Hand

    Holbrook-Palmer Hand Towel, c. 1926-1958. Holbrook-Palmer Collection. Rectangular beige-colored linen hand towel with hemstitched edge along top. Combined drawn thread work and satin-stitching along bottom edge in brick-like design. No stitching along side edges. Satin-stitched initials "OP" in diamond shape on middle bottom edge.

    Record Type: Object

    Holbrook-Palmer Towel, c. 1926-1958
  10. Holbrook-Palmer Hand Towel, c. 1926-1958 - Towel, Hand

    Holbrook-Palmer Hand Towel, c. 1926-1958. Holbrook-Palmer Collection. Rectangular beige-colored linen hand towel with hemstitched edge along top. Combined drawn thread work and satin-stitching along bottom edge in brick-like design. No stitching along side edges. Satin-stitched initials "OP" in diamond shape on middle bottom edge.

    Record Type: Object

    Holbrook-Palmer Towel, c. 1926-1958
  11. Holbrook-Palmer Napkin, c. 1926-1958 - Napkin

    Holbrook-Palmer Napkin, c. 1926-1958. Holbrook-Palmer Collection. Square beige-colored linen napkin with cream-colored drawn thread work edging. Cream-colored dran stitch work and satin stitched floral designs. Satin-stitched initials "OPH" in diamond shape above floral designs.

    Record Type: Object

    Holbrook-Palmer Napkin, c. 1926-1958
  12. Holbrook-Palmer Napkin, c. 1926-1958 - Napkin

    Holbrook-Palmer Napkin, c. 1926-1958. Holbrook-Palmer Collection. Square beige-colored linen napkin with cream-colored drawn thread work edging. Cream-colored dran stitch work and satin stitched floral designs. Satin-stitched initials "OPH" in diamond shape above floral designs.

    Record Type: Object

    Holbrook-Palmer Napkin, c. 1926-1958
  13. Holbrook-Palmer Napkin, c. 1926-1958 - Napkin

    Holbrook-Palmer Napkin, c. 1926-1958. Holbrook-Palmer Collection. Square beige-colored linen napkin. Beige-colored hemstitched edges. Beige-colored satin-stitched monogram below design. Cutwork floral design around hexagon shape with a cross-stitched flower in the center. Monogram initials read "OHP" in cursive writing.

    Record Type: Object

    Holbrook-Palmer Napkin, c. 1926-1958
  14. Holbrook-Palmer Napkin, c. 1926-1958 - Napkin

    Holbrook-Palmer Napkin, c. 1926-1958. Holbrook-Palmer Collection. Square beige-colored linen napkin. Beige-colored hemstitched edges. Beige-colored satin-stitched monogram below design. Cutwork floral design around hexagon shape with a cross-stitched flower in the center. Monogram initials read "OHP" in cursive writing.

    Record Type: Object

    Holbrook-Palmer Napkin, c. 1926-1958
  15. Holbrook-Palmer Placemat, c. 1926-1958 - Placemat

    Holbrook-Palmer Placemat, c. 1926-1958. Holbrook-Palmer Collection. Rectangular beige-colored linen placemat with cream-colored hemstitch edge. Cream-colored satin stitched "P" in diamond shape.

    Record Type: Object

    Holbrook-Palmer Placemat, c. 1926-1958
  16. Holbrook-Palmer Towel, c. 1926-1958 - Towel, Fingertip

    Holbrook-Palmer Towel, c. 1926-1958. Holbrook-Palmer Collection. Beige-colored linen fingertip towel. Rectangular in shape. Wide beige hemstitched edges on top and bottom edges. Thin beige hemstitching on side edges. Cross stitched initials "O H P" along bottom edge.

    Record Type: Object

    Holbrook-Palmer Towel, c. 1926-1958
  17. Holbrook-Palmer Towel, c. 1926-1958 - Towel, Hand

    Holbrook-Palmer Towel, c. 1926-1958. Holbrook-Palmer Collection. Rectangular beige-colored linen hand towel with cream-colored hemstitch edge. Openwork inside edges create design. Cream-colored satin stitched shield with initials topped by crown. Initials read "OPH".

    Record Type: Object

    Holbrook-Palmer Towel, c. 1926-1958
  18. Linen Handkerchief with Tatted Edging, c. 1900-1940 - Handkerchief

    Linen Handkerchief with Tatted Edging, c. 1900-1940. Square of white cloth. Very fine border of hemstitching long inner edge. Outer edge has 0.375in crocheted red lace. The lace is crocheted in a double row of loops.

    Record Type: Object

    Linen Handkerchief with Tatted Edging, c. 1900-1940
  19. Linen Handkerchief with Tatted Edging, c. 1900-1940 - Handkerchief

    Linen Handkerchief with Tatted Edging, c. 1900-1940. Hankerchief has a very fine inner border of hemstitching that is 0.25in from the edge all around. Handstitched lace around the outer edge that is tatted. Lace pattern is a series of connected circles. On top of each circle is 3 smaller loops.

    Record Type: Object

    Linen Handkerchief with Tatted Edging, c. 1900-1940
  20. White Linen Cloth, c. 1825-1835 - Cloth, Ground

    White Linen Cloth, c. 1825-1835. This cloth is white and made of hand-spun linen. Hand stitched along the ends and throughout the middle of the cloth.

    Record Type: Object

    White Linen Cloth, c. 1825-1835

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