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Handkerchief and Soft Collar Holder
- Description
- a) Handkerchief holder or bag, made of brown leather with strap and silver buckle with engraving. Interior has two pockets, one labeled ' Soft Collars', the other ' Handkerchiefs' in gold stylized writing. Interior of the pockets is a blue and orange floral patterned fabric.
b) white linen handherc…
- Other Names
- Handkerchief bag
- collar bag
- Category
- PERSONAL OBJECTS
- Sub-Category
- PERSONAL GEAR
- Start Date
- 1830
- End Date
- 1930
- Period or Date Notes
- Source: https://library.wustl.edu/advertising-19th-century-detachable-collar/, accessed 1/18/2019
- Description
- a) Handkerchief holder or bag, made of brown leather with strap and silver buckle with engraving. Interior has two pockets, one labeled ' Soft Collars', the other ' Handkerchiefs' in gold stylized writing. Interior of the pockets is a blue and orange floral patterned fabric.
b) white linen handherchief with "M" embroidered in red thread.
c) white linen handherchief
- History Of Use
- Detachable collars worn by men that were unstarched were referred to as "soft collars". Detachable collars were most popular from the mid nineteenth to early twentieth centuries.
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Accession No.
- 1990.64.1 a-c
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
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