May 21, 2015 - Sale 2385

Sale 2385 - Lot 182

Price Realized: $ 1,105
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(EROTICA)
Silk mouchoir handkerchief with 4 sexually-explicit images; 2 each depicting male-female and female/female couples. Photograph on silk, overall size 8 1/2x8 3/4 inches (21.6x22.2 cm.). Circa 1920
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A scarce example of an unusual souvenir that was given to male clients at Paris' "maisons close." Meant to amuse and arouse, the mouchoir was commonly referred to as a "whorehouse hankie."