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# Handkerchief

Handkerchiefs like this one with small scenes (vignettes) in the centre were popular in France in the 18th century. This one shows a scene from la Fontaine's fable 'The Lion, the Monkey and the Two Asses'.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 1705–1720 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.t-173-1921](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.t-173-1921) · Pramāṇa
