Woman's Bonnet

Object/Artifact

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Woman's Bonnet

Entry/Object ID

63-107

Description

Bonnet. Woman's brown silk; goose-down filled bonnet or hood; quilted; long bavolet; two ties. May be a boudoir cap. Condition not given. Circa 1870. Transcribed from original accession record.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Material

Silk; goose down

Provenance

Notes

Marguerite L. Riegel was a founder of Center in the Park in Vernon Park in Germantown. An award in her honor was created in 1986. "HISTORY/BACKGROUND: In 1986, the Award, named for Marguerite L. Riegel, one of Center in the Park’s (CIP) founders, was initiated. Beginning in 1990, an organization was also selected for the Riegel Award. In 2006, the CIP Board of Directors also established a Distinguished Service Award." (Source: Center in the Park: centerinthepark.org/press-reigel2013.html)