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Date1883
Terms
- Bonnets
- Jet
- Lace
- Silk Fiber
- Straw
- Italy
Dimensions20.32 × 12.7 × 25.4 cm (8 × 5 × 10 in.)
MarkingsLabel: "This Straw Hat with jet trimming of beads sewn in, and lavender lace, flowers and ribbon I give as a speciment to the Antiquarian Society in Concord. Massachusetts. Lavinia B. Bates/ Concord, Mass." Given in 1883.
Credit LineGift of Cummings E. Davis (1886) (or Gift of Miss Lavinia B. Bates?)
Object numberCOS77.2
DescriptionA straw, fanchon type bonnet embellished with purple net ties, and green ribbons as well as silk flowers and faux wheat stalks.
Collections
- Historic Clothing
Object number: COS64.81C
