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Tan silk-covered bonnet has wide crescent shaped brim with two long silk ties at base. Gathered silk cap with round crown. Canvas understructure.
bonnets (hats)
headgear
cardboard
silk (textile)
wire
Women's clothing
Silk
Cardboard
Wire
BONNET
Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),
Unknown
9.25 x 20.125 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
1949.548
Title Bonnet Stand Accession Number 1949.547
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