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Handkerchief

E. Renaultlate 19th century

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Cotton handkerchief printed in black on red and cream ground showing a group of drinking soldiers gathered around a letter that contains a picture of a woman with cow. At left, a woman dispenses beverages. At left, text from the letter printed to resemble handwriting. Printed at top, in trompe-loeil resembling a pinned banner: lettre du pays (country letter). Striped border.

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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