Embroidered Handkerchief

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Embroidered Handkerchief by unidentified artist shows a rectangular piece of fabric with a central empty space and intricate embroidery around the edges. The fabric is light-colored with a grayish tint. The embroidery depicts various scenes, including people, buildings, and foliage. A border of leaves and flowers surrounds the edge of the fabric. A line of cursive text appears upside down across the top. Smaller illegible text appears at the bottom. The background behind the fabric is black.