Woman's Calash

Object/Artifact

Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Woman's Calash

Entry/Object ID

CW 204.7

Description

Hood. Woman's calash of brown India silk. Fair condition. Late 18th to early 19th century. Calash was worn by Mrs. George Stacey. "The calash was worn to protect the powdered heads of ladies." Transcribed from original accession record.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Material

Silk

Provenance

Notes

"The calash was worn to protect the powdered heads of ladies." Worn by the donor's ancestor, Sarah Van Dycke (Mrs. Davis Bevan Stacey) 1808-1873. Ancestry.com: Name: Sarah Stacey Birth Date: 1808 Birth Place: Flushing, Vlissingen Municipality, Zeeland, Netherlands Death Date: 30 Aug 1873 Death Place: Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont, USA Cemetery: Chester Rural Cemetery Burial or Cremation Place: Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA Spouse: Davis Bevan Stacey Collector: Eleanor Houston Smith