Light blue ribbed silk bonnet with ruching around brim; silk ribbon rosette at top and continuing down right side; blue ostrich feathers from top to left ear; three blue silk ribbons from rosette to bow with streamers with ruching and netted lining; small neck ruffle; wired frame brim lined with cream tulle with scalloped edge; white silk lining with net at inside center back for support; silk ribbon ties.
bonnets (hats)
headgear
feather (material)
stitching
silk (textile)
Hat
Bonnet
Bonnet
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
Unknown
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.3330
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