Bonnet Cover

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Bonnet Cover

Entry/Object ID

1994.20.6

Description

Woman's bonnet cover. Quaker. Green silk. Quilted. Pieced together. Lined with light brown silk. Drawstrings at beck and bavolet. Brown ribbon ties sewn to brim.

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1807

Dimensions

Height

13 in

Depth

13-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Ribbon ties ~ 19 in long.

Provenance

Notes

Belonged to Tabitha Lukens Kirk of Abington Township, Montgomery Co., PA. Born 1789, married 1807, died 1882.