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Bonnet

Art

Hat box and bonnet, Quaker.The bonnet is covered with black silk rep and the brim lined with cream colored lustring. The crown is backed with buckram and the brim is covered pasteboard; hand sewn. Apparently original thin black silk ribbon bonnet ties. The crown is fitted with a box pleat on the top with two pleats on either side; gathered around base and trimmed with a small, flat bow of thin black silk ribbon

G2004.150.1-2

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

circa 1850

User Age: Adult Gender: Female

Quaker

Quaker

hat

bonnet

silk

hand sewn

pasteboard

rep

lustring

buckram

Rose

Vine

Pennsylvania

United States of America

North America

Quaker

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