1880s. Gray felt capote (bonnet) with no brim and a fully wired edge. Burgundy velvet lines the inside of the bonnet at the opening and bottom edge and is sewn along the face opening to a band of the ..
1880s. Gray felt capote (bonnet) with no brim and a fully wired edge. Burgundy velvet lines the inside of the bonnet at the opening and bottom edge and is sewn along the face opening to a band of the same fabric which is manipulated into loose vertical folds at the sides which then form deep gathers across the top of the head. The crown is covered with a cream silk net with jet beads at the interstices. Burgundy grosgrain ribbon is tied into multi-lobed bows and sewn down at the top of the head behind the velvet gathers. More of the same ribbon is pleated or folded along its length and sewn to the bottom of the bonnet, releasing into the ties at the bottom corners. Most of the crown is lined in black polished cotton, sewn to the velvet lining in front and finished in back with a hem forming a channel for a cotton ribbon, along which the lining is gathered to an opening that reveals the milliner’s label stamped in gold at the back panel of the bonnet. Professionally made. Hand-sewn.
The Irma G. Bowen Historic Clothing Collection digital catalog was produced by the UNH Library Digital Collection Initiative, supported in part by a grant from the Mooseplate program and New Hampshire..
The Irma G. Bowen Historic Clothing Collection digital catalog was produced by the UNH Library Digital Collection Initiative, supported in part by a grant from the Mooseplate program and New Hampshire State Council on the Arts. Additional funding provided by the E. Ruth Buxton Stephenson Memorial Fund.
