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Blue-gray velvet bonnet with gray velvet embroidered scrolling foliate pattern, trimmed with cream-colored velvet flowers, narrow velvet ties at center back, and metallic braid around brim. Buckram foundation lined with cambric.
bonnets (hats)
headgear
buckram
embroidering
stitching
silk (textile)
velvet (fabric weave)
foliation (pattern)
scrolling foliage
Hat
Bonnet
Bonnet
Printed label on lining: ""Miss M. C. Lord / 149 A TREMONT ST / BOSTON"". (Log book says ""M.C. Ford""). (printed)
Unknown
7 3/4 x 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Morse Jones and Miss Eleanor Hooper Jones
1934.2429
Massachusetts (United States)
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