I have added to my collection these past weeks. First a friend notified me of a local garage sale with 4 for a $1 hankys! I bought eight. Then I bought two from an antique mall while vacationing 'up north'. Last of all I brought home three shared by one of the gals in my quilting group.
The brown floral is a heavy cotton fabric.
The checked above is linen. The concentric squares below is 8" and cotton.
This "F" initial handkerchief was hand appliqued and hand rolled. She used white thread for the hand rolled edge. The fabric is linen in a dark navy. The white is the background showing under the camera light.
This cotton pink floral one has a hand tatted edge. I find quite a few printed hankys that ladies embellished with tatting. Most common are white cotton or linen with fancy, deep crocheted edges.
This sweet cotton hanky has a hand appliqued, scalloped border.
A cool graphic linen hanky is likely from the 1960s.
I bought four sheer nylon hankys. I have below the three printed ones; the dotted Swiss didn't photograph well.
And this one below is hand painted silk.
This 1986 hanky came with a paper lady holder.
The summer is still young! Who knows what yard sales, flea markets, and thrift shops await!
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