Bonnet
1830-1880 (made)
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Woman's bonnet of yellow silk edged at the front with a band a brown silk velvet, embroidered with silver thread and wire and decorated with gold, silver and green spangles and red metal foil.
The bonnet has been made in two halves and is seamed across the top from front to back. The yellow ground fabric seems to have been re-used and was originally woven with a metal weft which has almost disappeared. It has been attached at the front to a section of red cotton which is almost concealed by the velvet band. When worn, all of this would have been hodden beneath an attached frill of lace or starched linen.
There is a brown cotton drawstring around the lower edge and the bonnet is lined with white cotton.
The bonnet has been made in two halves and is seamed across the top from front to back. The yellow ground fabric seems to have been re-used and was originally woven with a metal weft which has almost disappeared. It has been attached at the front to a section of red cotton which is almost concealed by the velvet band. When worn, all of this would have been hodden beneath an attached frill of lace or starched linen.
There is a brown cotton drawstring around the lower edge and the bonnet is lined with white cotton.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | woven silk embroidered with metal threads |
| Physical description | Woman's bonnet of yellow silk edged at the front with a band a brown silk velvet, embroidered with silver thread and wire and decorated with gold, silver and green spangles and red metal foil. The bonnet has been made in two halves and is seamed across the top from front to back. The yellow ground fabric seems to have been re-used and was originally woven with a metal weft which has almost disappeared. It has been attached at the front to a section of red cotton which is almost concealed by the velvet band. When worn, all of this would have been hodden beneath an attached frill of lace or starched linen. There is a brown cotton drawstring around the lower edge and the bonnet is lined with white cotton. |
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| Credit line | Given by James Mark Julian Peto-Gundersen |
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| Accession number | T.245-2001 |
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| Record created | August 15, 2001 |
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