Bonnet

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Genesee Country Village & Museum

Name/Title

Bonnet

Entry/Object ID

G2009.046

Description

Girl’s bonnet, entirely hand stitched pink silk taffeta, drawn over canes with pleated double edge frill around a peaked brim. Stiffened bavolet. Lined with coarse tarlatan and buckram. One rosette of narrow matching pink ribbon pinned to proper left inside chin point.

Collection

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Category

Headwear, Child, Female
Historic Costume

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Hat

Clothing Sex

Female

Textile Details

Fabric

Taffeta, Silk

Color

Pink

Made/Created

Date made

1858 - 1860

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

American