# Embroidered Handkerchief

- Date: 1880–99
- Medium: Plain weave piña, silk embroidery
- Classification: Embroidery
- Dimensions: Average: 32.4 x 33 cm (12 3/4 x 13 in.)
- Culture: Philippines
- Credit line: Gift of Robert Livingston Ireland Jr. in memory of his mother, Mrs. P. W. Harvey
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1936.739)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/1936.739/1936.739_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This square handkerchief is made of piña fiber cloth in plain weave. All four edges are finished with a hand-embroidered cotton border of small repeating floral motifs. One corner bears the embroidered monogram “L. C. H.,” the initials of its first owner, Lilian Converse Hanna.