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Hood
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Hand-stitched winter hood made from machine-quilted plum red wool cloth (to make quilted effect, fabric may or may not have been purchased this way.) Hood brim and bavolet is made up of a green wool. Wool batting in crown and brim; bavolet lined with black glazed cotton; plum silk satin ribbons are attached to hood.
2021.16.001
Genesee Country Village and Museum
Headwear
Adult, Female
Historic Costume
Hat
Female
Wool
Satin
Cotton
Silk
Glazed Cotton
Red
1855 - 1865