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Quaker Bonnet

Unknown19th century

Hill-Stead Museum

Hill-Stead Museum
Farmington, United States

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.
  • Type: Hat
  • Rights: Hill-Stead Museum
  • Medium: Silk, buckram, wire
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