bonnet
date: label: Date made
content: 1810? - 1900
label: Date made
content: 1810? - 1876
name: label: used by
content: Ellis, Mary Wright
notes: label: Description
content: Tan; fabric quilted in 1" spaced horizontal rows that cover close fitting cone shape foundation; fabric is drawn together in gathers at center back and extends over front edge where it is gathered with two anrrow gold tapes tied at upper center front; 4 1/2" flounce is pleated around lower edge; front section exposes stiffened buckram and a cardboard strip; a covered wire separates two sections at inside; a short ruffle of double brown silk fabric is attached to back portion of bonnet at inside; two 2" wide ribbons for ties are sewn to inside foundation edges near front; a shorter and narrower green ribbon is attached to flounce at left front.
label: Description
content: Used by Mary Wright Ellis (1785-1876), donor's forebearer. Wearer was married to Brazilla Ellis; they had 7 children, the second of whom was donor's vorebearer and born 10/23/1809; Brazilla Ellis was born in Princeton, NJ and moved with his family to Rochester, NY in 1826; Brazilla and Mary Ellis were Quakers and Mary was a circuit rider (meaning she had some authority in the sect and traveled from one congregation to the other). Worn with 1977.1063.002 (dress).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: used by
content: Quakers
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Margaret Neave Boswell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1977.1063.001A
label: accession number
content: 1977.1063
label: catalog number
content: 1977.1063.001A
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bonnet
label: Other Terms
content: Bonnet; Headwear; Accessories Worn on the Body; Female; Quaker