Name/Title

Bonnet

Entry/Object ID

G91.188

Description

Faded lavendar silk satin outer fabric, self lining in brim. 3 decorative folds encircling crown. Trimmed with matching satin ribbon across head with different flat bows on either side. Same ribbon ties. Self bavolet, unstiffened, recent acetqte lining in crown.Wired brim, buckram (?) form.

Collection

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1845

Notes

User Age: Adult Gender: Female

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

American

Lexicon

Search Terms

Bonnet, Woman, Adult, Silk, Satin, Bavolet, Buckram, Acetate