A woman's silk bonnet with quilted tubes on the head and peplum trim at the neck, the fabric is a deep teal-blue with greenish yellow curley stripes; the deeper part of the inside cap has an off-white cotton, it is all stuffed with a cotton filling; and old pale-green ribbon tie is torn off at the tops.
bonnets (hats)
headgear
cotton (textile)
hand sewing
quilting
silk (textile)
thread
Hat
Bonnet
Bonnet
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
9 x 8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1480
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