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Bonnet
Maker: Mrs. B. E. Hastings
American (Boston)
About 1867
Object Place: Boston, [New England, Massachusetts], USA
Medium/Technique
Straw with silk flowers, silk velvet trim, and silk taffeta ribbon
Dimensions
Overall (without ties): 15.2 x 18.4 x 17.8 cm (6 x 7 1/4 x 7 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Dows Dunham
Accession Number52.1663
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionA small bonnet of white straw, designed to be worn on top of head, trimmed with lilac velvet folds and matching small artificial blossoms arranged in three bunches, lilac taffeta broad ribbon ties; lined with china silk and glazed book muslin, on china silk a gold printed label: "Mrs. B. E. Hastings, MODE., 13 Hayward Place"; an inked note found in bottom of box reading April 1867, Mrs. L. S. Dabney's (?).