Calash

Object/Artifact

Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Calash

Entry/Object ID

CW 1988.18.1

Description

Bonnet. Woman's calash or hood. Light brown-green fine silk calash; medium-brown ribbon holder; self ties; long bavolet (curtain); white paper crown; fringed front-edge ruffle; wicker hoops. No condition given. Circa 1800. Transcribed from Original Accession Record.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dimensions

Height

14 in

Width

12 in

Depth

15 in

Dimension Notes

Ribbons are ~ 15 in long.

Material

Silk; paper; wicker hoops