Description:
Womans' spoon straw bonnet with black silk over body of bonnet. Seven rows of (woven) straw decoration have been applied over silk (natural straw plait-thin with a scalloped edge, and loosely woven dark straw yarn, tied in spots with natural straw knots). Tan silk ribbon ties 29x2.38" with piqued edge and checkered pattern running vertically along egde. Stiffed with crinoline and wired (edge of brim). Lined partially with cotton gauze. Threads along bottom edge indicate that had probably had additional decorations, such as a bavolet. Clark ("Hats") mentions that the gap between the head and the brim may be filled with flowers.

Subjects:
Textile fabrics; Cotton; Silk

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