Woman's Wedding Bonnet

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Woman's Wedding Bonnet

Entry/Object ID

CW 583

Description

Bonnet. Woman's Quaker wedding bonnet; gold-color silk; medium brim; gathered crown from brim; small self bow over bavolet (gathered skirt at back of bonnet); ribbon tie; net under-cap. Wedding bonnet was used with Quaker wedding dress, Accession # CW 133. Fair condition - repaired - some tears. Not to be loaned. Circa 1871. Transcribed from Original Accession Record

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dimensions

Height

9-1/4 in

Width

8 in

Depth

8-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Ties are ~ 19 in long.