Handkerchief
Object number2007.167.478
Date1867-1914
Mediumfabric
Credit LineTransfer from George Westinghouse Museum Foundation
DescriptionSquare, cream-colored silk handkerchief. Two lines blue floral embroidery; an interior line and a scalloped exterior line, which covers the edge of the handkerchief. Name embroidered in lower left section.DimensionsHeight x Width: 15.125 × 14.5 in. (38.4 × 36.8 cm)InscriptionsEmbroidered text reads "M.E.W. Westinghouse".
Marks
Historical NotesMarguerite Erskine Walker married George Westinghouse in 1867. She died in 1914. Transferred to Heinz History Center when the George Westinghouse Museum closed in 2007.
Previous owner
Marguerite Erskine Walker Westinghouse
(1842 - 1914)
On View
Not on view
1917-1918
1939-1945
1941-1945
1945
1945
1991
