Name/Title

Bonnet

Entry/Object ID

G91.169

Description

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

Search Terms

Straw, Bonnet, Woman, Hat, Braid, Cylinder, Buckram, Silk