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Bonnet
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Cream silk faille outer shell lined with sky blue silk. Tucked casings for canes. Funnel shape, circular brim. Self bavolet with tarlatan underlining, as in crown. MALL (?) and Herrick pencilled on tarlatan. Replaced ribbon ties.
G91.189
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Faille
Silk
1850
User Age: Adult Gender: Female
American
Silk
Faille
Bonnet
Hat
Woman
Cane
Bavolet
Tarlatan
Herrick