Wedding Bonnet
1851 (made)
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Bonnet made of straw trimmed with horsehair embroidered lace. Twisted and split straw braid. The bonnet brim and crown are made in one and the lower edge is deeply curved. The different types of straw braid alternate and there is a looped device at the crown. The lace is arranged to trim the brim and form the bavolet. Lined with stiffened cotton and shaped with wound silk covered wire.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Braided straw and horsehair embroidered lace, lined with cotton and shaped with silk covered wire |
| Brief description | Bonnet made of straw trimmed with horsehair embroidered lace, made in Great Britain, 1851 |
| Physical description | Bonnet made of straw trimmed with horsehair embroidered lace. Twisted and split straw braid. The bonnet brim and crown are made in one and the lower edge is deeply curved. The different types of straw braid alternate and there is a looped device at the crown. The lace is arranged to trim the brim and form the bavolet. Lined with stiffened cotton and shaped with wound silk covered wire. |
| Credit line | Given by Mrs Bessie Miller |
| Object history | This bonnet is associated a white ruffled muslin dress and petticoat, (T.367 & A-1988) linked with the marriage of Eliza Sneath to Joseph Candlin in Sheffield in 1851. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.366-1988 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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