Mouchoir des connaissances utiles : résumé des meilleures recettes indispensables à tous les ménages / A. Buquet, desr. gravr.
Published / Created:
A Rouen : Manufacture de E. Renault, [ca. 1850-ca. 1870?]
Physical Description:
1 printed handkerchief : cotton ; 69 x 77 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Prints
Notes:
Between 1830 and 1905 the Buquet family of artists and engravers designed over 300 printed handkerchiefs on a range of topics, varyingly humorous, commemorative, or practical. Handkerchiefs offering military instructions were among the most popular and reprinted. A number of handkerchiefs also treated politics and current events. While often intended to be worn around the neck, they could also be displayed on a wall, or carried on one's person to reference. The "Mouchoir des connaissances utiles," first published around 1840, was one of the more enduring themes.
Subject Terms:
Clothing and dress -- France. | Food -- France. | Formulas, recipes, etc. -- France. | Home economics -- France. | Traditional medicine -- France -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions.