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Bonnet

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and Accessories

Date

1830-1850

GUSN

GUSN-3082

Description

Winter bonnet of medium blue cotton/silk fabric quilted across brim and unquilted at neckpiece; padded with unbleached brown wool; lined with brown polished cotton; the neckpiece is lined in blue polished cotton.

Details

Descriptive Terms

bonnets (hats)
accessories
cotton (textile)
quilting
silk (textile)
wool (textile)
Bonnet

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

13 x 10 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1577

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