Bonnet

Name/Title

Bonnet

Entry/Object ID

G2004.150.1-2

Description

Hat box and bonnet, Quaker.The bonnet is covered with black silk rep and the brim lined with cream colored lustring. The crown is backed with buckram and the brim is covered pasteboard; hand sewn. Apparently original thin black silk ribbon bonnet ties. The crown is fitted with a box pleat on the top with two pleats on either side; gathered around base and trimmed with a small, flat bow of thin black silk ribbon

Collection

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1850

Notes

User Age: Adult Gender: Female

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

Quaker

Lexicon

Search Terms

Quaker, hat, bonnet, silk, hand sewn, pasteboard, rep, lustring, buckram, Rose, Vine

Relationships

Related Places

Place

State/Province

Pennsylvania

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Related Events

Event

Quaker