Women's Cotton Striped Sunbonnet

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Grover Center: Museum & Historical Society

Name/Title

Women's Cotton Striped Sunbonnet

Description

Slat sunbonnet of black printed cotton; design is stripe and small dots; 13 slats of 8" cardboard keep brim stiff. Pockets for slats are machine stitched in white; .75" hem on all sides, a 9" tail all around; back is gathered with black 2" wide taffeta ribbon, ties are made from 2.5" taffeta ribbon. Crown is tacked to the brim at the middle slat.

Collection

Daniel Henricks

Acquisition

Accession

1985.006

Source or Donor

Daniel Henricks

Acquisition Method

Donation

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Sep 2, 2001

Create Date

September 2, 2001

Update Date

January 23, 2025