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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Northern Lights Lodge, post: 1955207, member: 13464&quot;]Hey! Chiming in here! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>How lovely! </p><p><br /></p><p>Hmmm... I can&#039;t say that I&#039;ve ever seen a handkerchief with a solid wide hem like that and then lace beyond it (having been cut away). It IS possible - I&#039;ve just never seen any like that. I think the late 1800&#039;s / early 1900&#039;s is accurate. I also can&#039;t imagine what else they would be, other than handkerchiefs! They are just too gossamer to be much else... also that would mean more a decorative handkerchief rather than a practical one... </p><p><br /></p><p>Can&#039;t say I can see them clearly enough to make a handmade or not judgement.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for washing: no... I don&#039;t think they&#039;d survive. Looks like they have some poor mends going on now.&nbsp; IF - IF you do choose to wash them.&nbsp; I would find a glass cylinder shape jar - wrap a modern men&#039;s white handkerchief around the jar... anchor it. Then carefully wrap the old pieces around the handkerchief... then wrap with a layer of netting.&nbsp; It could be soaked that way. When you feel it has soaked enough - let it drip dry a little - then CAREFULLY unroll onto a flat surface like glass to dry. It is possible that you can flatten / finger press it a little at that point. By all means : don&#039;t put any stress on the wet fabric!</p><p><br /></p><p>Leslie[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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