Collection Highlights
George Washington (1732-1799)
ca. 1785-1828
1832.4
Painted plaster
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Advertising kerchief
Object name
Advertising kerchief
Date
1910-1940
Medium
Silk
Dimensions
20 x 20 in.
Description
White silk kerchief printed in red, black and rust with sixteen different pairs of women's shoes, including high button shoes, lace up boots and pumps surrounded by a border of numbers and letters indicating shoe sizes such as "6D 4B 7A". Signed "Brooke Cadwallader".
Credit Line
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number
2002.1.2619
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
