Though the black silk is degrading on the front of the brim, the striking impression created by the clean lines of the shape and simple ornament of ruching and a wide silk ribbon tied in a bow remains.
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Title: Quaker Bonnet
Creator: Unknown
Date Created: 19th century
Location Created: Unknown
Physical Dimensions: H. 9 ⅞ in. (25.1 cm.), D. 8 ⅝ in. (21.9 cm.)
Provenance: Believed to have belonged to Theodate Pope Riddle’s paternal grandmother and namesake, Theodate Morrill Stackpole Pope (1805 -1887), a devout Quaker from Salem, Ohio.