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Lace Handkerchief
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About this work
In one corner, this handkerchief has a large coat of arms with the motto Potius monquam foedari (death before dishonor) embroidered on it.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineLace Handkerchief, 1850–99. Switzerland. Linen: embroidery; average: 41.9 x 43.2 cm (16 1/2 x 17 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Robert Livingston Ireland Jr. in memory of his mother, Mrs. P. W. Harvey, 1936.736
