Bonnet

Hat

Name/Title

Bonnet

Entry/Object ID

1958.40.1a

Description

Bonnet or hat with decoratively-woven straw bring and brown silk covered crown. The straw portion is stitched from length of straw picot ribbon. The silk portion utilizes lengths of silk ruched over a cord the decoratively wrapped and tacked onto the crown base. The interior of the hat is lined with white netting.

Context

Worn by Edna Lucy Downing at her marriage to Samuel Webster Benjamin in Washington, Vermont, March 2, 1865.

Acquisition

Accession

1958.40

Source or Donor

Keith, Alice Eva Benjamin (1883-1971)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Bonnet

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Hat

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Headwear

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Material

Straw, Silk, Net

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Benjamin, Edna Lucy Downing (1845-1927)

Related Places

Place

Town

Washington

County

Orange County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America