Bonnet
- Object Name:
- Bonnet
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.515
- Date:
- circa 1840
- Description:
- Bonnet, infant's. White cotton. Fine, horizontal cording. Fine featherstitching on crown and around it. Double ruffle around front, with two extra rows of ruffling at top, all edged with narrow lace. Back drawstrings at top and bottom. Machine chain-stitched.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Provenance:
- Collected by the donor's sister, Marion L. Cass (1894-1963). Miss Cass developed the collection around a core of the personal possessions of her mother, Lillie M. (Wilson) Cass (1867-1951), and added objects passed down in neighboring Haverhill, NH, families. Later, while living and working in Littleton, NH, she devoted her spare time to expanding her collection, eventually representing over a century of changes in clothing and accessory styles.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Merwin P. Cass
- Subjects:
- Bonnets, Children's clothing and dress
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