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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