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Bonnet
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Black silk faille Quaker bonnet, wire frame with cardboard brim. Coarse cotton netting in crown of bonnet, with brim lined with China silk and strip of muslin. Silk faille ties hanging from bonnet. Ties of bonnet are machine-sewn down sides. No bavolet. The rest is hand sewn and hand finished. Small stain on China silk lining, and hole in silk faille tie on left-hand side.
2024.48.002
Genesee Country Village and Museum
Historic Costume
Accessory
Headwear
Quaker
Bonnet
Female
Taffeta
Faille
Silk
Taffeta
cotton tarlatan
1856 - 1900