How to Use a Handkerchief (For Life, Love & Everything Else) - HankyBook

Harriet Tubman’s handkerchief is displayed in the Museum of African-American History in DC, which is currently closed (along with all other Smithsonian museums) due to the government shutdown. This administration wants to block the public from learning about the realities of US and world history by defunding education and censoring exhibitions and media, so it’s essential that we as historians keep sharing honest stories on every platform that we can. #TextileHistory | Elena Kanagy-Loux

Othello Handkerchief Scene: Meaning, Symbolism, Quotes, Analysis

A splash of history... Recently the river gave up more fragments of glass and pottery from across the centuries, each one taking me on a tiny tangent through time: Victorian transferwares and quack cures, a medieval floor tile, and the heady 'Perfume Bouquet de Roi G IV' — literally, the scent of George IV. I nearly overlooked the beautiful but slightly bust early perfume bottle, but am so glad I didn’t. Likely dating from the 1820s–40s, it instantly transported me to another era… The perfumer e