Turban style bonnet made of silvery satin with pearl trim.
Acquisition
Accession
106
Source or Donor
Whipple, Dana
Acquisition Method
Gift
Credit Line
Gift of Dana Whipple
Made/Created
Date made
1810 - 1820
Dimensions
Height
5 in
Diameter
8 in
Circumference
25 in
Material
Textile
Provenance
Notes
Said to have been the “wedding bonnet” of Georgeanna Harris (1811-1891) when she married Stanton Parker (1806-1838) of Boston in 1834. Georgeanna's mother was daughter of Judge Woodbury Langdon. Georgeanna married 16 December 1834 at St. John’s Church. Widowed four years later. S. Park
Source: Dana Whipple. Gift made in the 1920's.
