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Handkerchief
This is a Handkerchief. It is dated 1876 and we acquired it in 2016. Its medium is cotton and its technique is printed by engraved plate on plain weave. It is a part of the Textiles department.
Title: Centennial Souvenir
This souvenir handkerchief of Horticultural Hall at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia is unusual for its diagonal placement of the building in the center of the square. In the collection at the New York Historical Society there is a printed textile with six uncut handkerchiefs – there are views of the Art Gallery, Horticultural Hall and the Main Exposition Hall (X.93). The buildings are placed diagonally within six different borders like this example. The rendering of each building was based on large tinted lithographic views of the main buildings in the Centennial Exhibition. The lithographs were commissioned by the Centennial Board of Finance in 1874 to publicize the event and raise money for the project. Louis Aubrun was the artist who created the original lithographs of the buildings, and Thomas Hunter of Philadelphia produced multiple prints that were sold separately as souvenirs for this future tourist attraction. While the manufacturer of this handkerchief is unknown, it is clear that an enterprising textile manufacturer saw an opportunity to produce a commemorative handkerchief based on printed source material that was readily available.
This object was
donated by
American Textile History Museum.
It is credited American Textile History Museum Collection.
- Handkerchief (Japan)
- cotton.
- Gift of Anonymous Donor.
- 1991-135-1
- Handkerchief, World's Fair Chicago 1893
- H x W: 43 × 47 cm (16 15/16 × 18 1/2 in.).
- Gift of Joyce Ames.
- 1986-87-1
- Chicago World's Fair Agricultural Building Matchsafe
- plated tin, printed, gilded.
- Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener.
- 1982-23-3
Our curators have highlighted 2 objects that are related to this one.
- Cut-out, The Little Model Maker: Horticultural Hall, Centennial International...
- Museum purchase through gift of Peter Cooper Hewitt.
- 1953-66-3-a
- Ferris Wheel, World's Fair, Chicago Matchsafe
- plated brass.
- Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener.
- 1980-14-1115
Its dimensions are
H x W: 27.3 × 28.3 cm (10 3/4 × 11 1/8 in.)
Cite this object as
Handkerchief; cotton; H x W: 27.3 × 28.3 cm (10 3/4 × 11 1/8 in.); American Textile History Museum Collection; 2016-35-74
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Botanical Expressions.
