Calash

Object/Artifact

Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Calash

Entry/Object ID

CW 2115

Description

Bonnet. Woman's Calash Bonnet. Medium green silk; green ties; green curtain (bavolet); lined with blue silk; ruffle. Tag pinned to bonnet: "Mrs. Agnes Mead." No condition given. Circa 1830. Transcribed from original accession record.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dimensions

Height

14-1/4 in

Width

12 in

Depth

8-3/4 in

Dimension Notes

Bavolet is 4-1/2 in long.

Material

Silk

Provenance

Notes

Tag pinned to bonnet: "Mrs. Agnes Mead."