Bonnet

Object Name:

Bonnet

Object ID:

1962.006

Description:

Hat or bonnet. Woman's. Dark brown quilted silk. Silk edging feather cut. Glazed cocoa-color cotton lining. No ties.

Material:

Textile
Silk
Cotton

Provenance:

Part of wedding outfit of Martha H. Farnum of East Concord, NH. She married George W. Page of Page's Corner, Dunbarton, NH, October 23, 1857. Mr. Page was the fifth generation of Pages who lived at the old Page Homestead. The first Page to settle at Page's Corner in 1751 was Capt. Caleb Page and his daughter Elizabeth, who married General John Stark.

People:

Farnum, Martha, Page, Martha, Page, George