Dressed to Kill, Dressed to Till

Lot 60:

An 18th Century Block-printed Cotton Kerchief

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Start price: $200

Estimated price: $400 - $800

Buyer's premium: 20%

Extremely fine, gauze-like, plainweave cotton, approximately 29 x 29 inches, with to selvedge and two unfinished edges. The kerchief material is a peach color and block-printed with polychrome floral designs, which are framed approximately one inch from the kerchief edges with a polychrome, linear border. Probably imported from India in the 18th century. By descent in the Ward-Brigham family of Worcester, Massachusetts.