Bonnet
- Object Name:
- Bonnet
- Object ID:
- 1946.018.29.2 c
- Date:
- circa 1830
- Description:
- Straw bonnet, owned and worn by Countess Rumford. Cylindrical crown, top detached. Wide brim with detached edging. Paper label pinned to bonnet, inscribed in ink, "Countess's bonnet 1830". Bonnet is in hatbox 1946.018.29.2, along with cardboard hat form and three hat linings.
- Material:
- Grass
Straw - Dimensions:
- H-10 W-14 L-16 inches
- Provenance:
- Donor is grandson of John Burgum (1826-1907) and Emma Gannell (1826-1923), the adopted daughter of Countess Rumford. Donor's father was Edwin Gannell Burgum (1858-1948).
Bonnet contained in hatbox 1946.018.29.2, one of two hatboxes labeled "Countess Rumford's Hat Boxes. Brought back from Paris when she visited her father, the Count." - Credit Line:
- The Edwin G. Burgum Collection
- Subjects:
- Bonnets
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