Hat

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Hat

Entry/Object ID

CW 2100

Description

Women’s bonnet. Wire frame loosely covered in tightly metallic corded threads. Each thread pulled directly from brim to back of crown. Brim is trimmed in loops of same material. Gray velvet ribbon bow on top with gray egret feathers. Gray ribbon trims crown, extending into bow and ties at base. Pink grosgrain ribbon ruffle along upper brim.

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Hat

Clothing Sex

Female

Textile Details

Material

Silk, Velvet, Egret feathers

Color

Silver, Pink, Gray

Made/Created

Date made

1889

Notes

Creation Date: 1880s

Dimensions

Height

7-1/2 in

Width

7-1/4 in

Depth

3-3/4 in