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Bonnet

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Drawn bonnet or sunbonnet made of colorful plaid or madras and self-lined. Standard format with 7 cane hoops in back, a pair and then a triplet in front; the back and front ones each with added frill. Self bow in back. Medium length cape with rounded corners in front, and self ties with half-rounded ends. The indicators of a later, rather than earlier date: the rounded corners, the self lining, and the unusually colorful cotton which has a heavier white accent thread in the warp repeat.This was described as a “Quaker” bonnet.

G2005.089

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

1855 - 1870

User Age: Adult Gender: Female

American

Bonnet

Sunbonnet

Plaid

Madras

cane

hoop

Headwear

Women

cape

cotton

Quaker

Pennsylvania

United States of America

North America

Quaker

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