Lacy straw braid stitched into fabric forming bonnet with cylindrical crown and flaring deep brim at angle to crown. Buckram (?) lining in crown walls. Brim lined with pale peach plainwoven silk. No trims.
Collection
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Made/Created
Date made
1838
Notes
User Age: Adult
Gender: Female
Ethnography
Culture/Tribe
American
Lexicon
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Straw, Bonnet, Woman, Hat, Braid, Cylinder, Buckram, Silk