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Quilted Hood

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Quilted bonnet hood of dark blue silk lustring taffeta, lined in the bavolet and faced with blue, white, and pink plaid silk, and lined further into the hood with a natural cotton printed with purple. Only wadded (with wool) in the bavolet; quilted with blue silk thread in a few rows around the front edge of brim. Crown-to-brim seam is piped, and crown is gathered at top of head. Self fabric ties. Hand sewn.

G2002.135

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Accessory

Headwear

Adult, Female

Historic Costume

Bonnet

Female

Taffeta

Silk

Cotton

Blue

1840 - 1850

User Age: Adult Gender: Female

Pennsylvania

United States of America

North America

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