Woman's Bonnet

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Woman's Bonnet

Entry/Object ID

CW 472

Description

Hat, Bonnet. Woman's dark gray Hicksite Quaker bonnet; taffeta; cording on brim with white silk facing. Wide ties. Only good example of this type of 19th Century bonnet in museum as of 1960. Very Good condition. Circa 1860. Not to be loaned. Transcribed from Original Accession Record

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dimensions

Height

8-3/4 in

Width

7 in

Depth

8-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Ties are ~ 20 in long.