Woman's Quaker Bonnet
date: label: Date made
content: 1850-1874
notes: label: Description
content: This bonnet from 1850-1874 is what a Quaker woman would have worn. Quaker bonnets were much plainer than the fashionable bonnets of the nineteenth century, with less adornment. They changed very little in style and shape making them difficult to date accurately. This bonnet with its quilted lining and skirt section would offer warmth to the wearer during inclement weather.
label: Description
content: This bonnet is constructed of dark navy blue velvet with a quilted maroon lining and curtain. The bonnet fastens with two black ribbon ties with a single long maroon ribbon attached to either side of the front edges. It measures 12 ½ inches high by 9 ½ inches wide by 12 inches deep.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: possibly used by
content: Quakers
label: Subject
content: Weddings
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content: Home and Community Life: Costume
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: National Treasures exhibit
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content: Religion
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content: Many Voices, One Nation
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Kendrick, Kathleen M. and Peter C. Liebhold. Smithsonian Treasures of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Priscilla H. Corbett
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0805.04
label: accession number
content: 1983.0805
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0805.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bonnet
label: Object Type
content: Accessories Worn on the Body
label: Object Type
content: Headwear
label: Object Type
content: weddings
label: Object Type
content: Woman
label: Object Type
content: Cap
label: Other Terms
content: bonnet; Headwear; Accessories Worn on the Body; Female; Quaker
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: velvet (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: blue, navy (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: maroon (lining color)