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ca. 1857
GUSN-1236
Black silk taffeta; hoops and shirring at brim; pleated neck ruffle stiffened with black net; black silk fringe tulle around face; lined with black silk, stiffened with canvas; wire support; narrow black ribbon ties with wider set of black taffeta ties.
bonnets (hats)
headgear
canvas
stitching
silk (textile)
taffeta
tulle (meshed textile)
Women's clothing
Silk
Taffeta
Tulle
Hand Stitched
Coated Canvas
BONNET
Handwritten inside crown: ""Aged 16 yrs / Sallie / 1857"". [prob. Sarah Elizabeth Appleton Lawrence]
Unknown
1991.20
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