Name/Title
HatEntry/Object ID
GHS 1056 ADescription
Women's velvet bonnet. The brim is brown, and the cap and bavolet are dark blue and green velvet. Black silk ties. Quaker.Clothing/Dress/Costume Details
Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume
HatClothing Sex
FemaleTextile Details
Material
Velvet, Buckram, SilkColor
Brown, Blue, BlackMade/Created
Date made
1830 - 1839Notes
Accession record says 1780s, but much more like 1830s.Dimensions
Height
10 inWidth
6-5/8 inDepth
11 inProvenance
Notes
Bandbox and bonnet were the property of Rachel Richard Simmons, great-grandmother of Topliff Johnson, dated 1780.
