Name/Title

Bonnet

Entry/Object ID

G91.018

Description

Medium brown plainwoven cotton. Rear crown drawn over canes 1/4” spacing; front made of woven bias strips, curled edges out. Self bavolet edged with braided bias. Back decorated with cotton strips; row of artificial flowers attached to blue flannel strip attached to brim. Blue velvet ribbon ties, 1.5” wide. No lining.

Collection

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1845 - 1855

Notes

User Age: Adult Gender: Female

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

American

Lexicon

Search Terms

Cotton, Bonnet, Woman, Drawn, Cane, Bias, Bavolet, Hat, Flowers, Flannel, Velvet