| Unidentified photographer Four sexually-explicit images 1920 (ca) Silk mouchoir 8 3/4 x 9 ins (22.2 x 22.9 cm) Swann Galleries - New York Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, Dec 8-10, 2014, #2370, Lot 121) LL/56924 Apparently these silk mouchoirs, the so-called "whore house hankies," were created to amuse and arouse potential clients in Paris' "maisons close" in the 1920s.
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