Hat
- Object Name:
- Hat
- Object ID:
- 1969.002
- Date:
- circa 1800
- Description:
- Bonnet, woman's, in box. Paper, straw color, imitation manilla straw. Tall, cylindrical crown, very wide, soft brim, with neck piece at back. Brim bound with old narrow silk. Soft green mull ribbon with satin embroidery and stripes. White cotton lining in crown. Label in crown reads "C.L.Dodge." Box reads, "From Lang, FINE MILLINERY, FINE MILLINERY / 293 Broadway, Chelsea, Mass."
- Material:
- Paper
Satin
Silk
Cotton - Provenance:
- Catalog card: "Bonnet has been in my mother's family for generations. Her name was Cora Fiske Dodge, and her two daughters, Mrs. Richard L. Lewis and Mrs. Robert H. Lewis, decided the bonnet should be given to the N.H. Historical Association. The hat box, in which the bonnet is now, is the original one as far as I know. Mrs. Dodge spent most of her life at New Boston, N.H. but did not know who originally owned the bonnet. Carolyn Lewis (Mrs. Robert H.)."
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Mrs. Robert H. Lewis
- People:
- Dodge, Cora (1873-1950), Fiske, Cora
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