Not on display

Bonnet

ca. 1820 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dark blonde straw bonnet with high poke and wide brim, trimmed with a band of brown silk ribbon around the poke, accented with wired bows in the same, matching the silk ribbon strings.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Woven straw and silk ribbons
Brief description
Natural straw bonnet trimmed with brown silk ribbons, England, ca. 1820
Physical description
Dark blonde straw bonnet with high poke and wide brim, trimmed with a band of brown silk ribbon around the poke, accented with wired bows in the same, matching the silk ribbon strings.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.25in
  • Greatest width of brim width: 7.25in
  • From side to side width: 18in
Object history
Purchased. Registered File number 17245/1902.
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum (Nathalie Rothstein, ed.) Four Hundred Years of Fashion. London, Victoria & Albert Museum, 1984, cat. 35.
Collection
Accession number
693-1902

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Record createdSeptember 28, 2007
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