McIntire Handkerchief
This beautiful McIntire Handkerchief is reproduced from the collection of Winterthur Museum, Garden, & Library.
The gold and buff colorways, symmetry, and weblike fan motifs found in the sixth-floor
McIntire Bedroom provide the inspiration for this handkerchief’s name. The architectural
elements in this room came from the Peter P. Breen house in Philadelphia. Robert Welford, a composition ornament maker and plasterer, had the house constructed circa 1812. Today the room showcases examples of furniture made by Samuel McIntire. McIntire (1737–1811), of Salem, Massachusetts, was one of our nation’s most famous cabinetmakers of the early republic. The French Aubusson rug and Chinese embroidered silk counterpane are true showstoppers.
The original handkerchief that our reproduction McIntire Handkerchief is based on was printed in between 1790 and 1810. It was made from plain-woven cotton, block printed with olive, brown, green, yellow, and blue.
The design features a border of green lines, a dotted brown background, a series of thin yellow curling lines, and staggered rows of white, yellow, and green leaves.
The body of the handkerchief is an olive color, with a central medallion.
Our McIntire Handkerchief:
- Measures approximately 34.5" x 35.5"
- 100% Hand-Loomed Cotton Mull
- Hand block printed and hand finished
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