Hat

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Hat

Entry/Object ID

1990.5.62

Description

Women's ivory silk bonnet. Plain back of crown; rest of body is shirred silk. A silk covered stiff net forms a bavolet at the back. The under-brim is covered with net, lace, rosettes and black lace in fragile condition. Salmon silk ties have probably replaced original bonnet strings or ties.

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Hat

Clothing Sex

Female

Textile Details

Fabric

Silk

Material

Silk, Net, Buckram, Lace

Color

Ivory

Made/Created

Notes

Mid-19th century.

Dimensions

Height

11-1/2 in

Width

11 in

Length

7 in

Dimension Notes

Ribbons are 41 in long.

Provenance

Notes

Family of "Edward Wiener, his mother was Eugenia Mange Wiener." Two great aunts lived on Greene St. "I do not know who belongs to the bonnets." - K.W. DuBois (Transcribed from original accession record.