Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

BABY BONNET

Date

1918

Materials

COTTON, SILK

No. Pieces

1

Length

16

Width

18

Description

CREAM COLOURED CROCHETED CHILD'S BONNET HAS SCALLOPD EDGES. CROCHET PATTERN IS PIN-WHEEL AND ROSETTE. A SIMPLER STRAIGHT STITCH RUNS OVER TOP OF HEAD BEFORE FRILL OF BONNET EDGE. AT CROWN OF HEAD IS A CIRCLE WITH SCALLOPED FRILLS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE CIRCLE AND IS IN A PETAL PATTERN WITH A ROSETTE IN THE MIDDLE. APPEARS THAT FRONT OF BONNET WAS FOLDED BACK AND ATTACHED IN THE FRONT BOTTOM BY A SILK ROSETTE WHICH HAS COME UNDONE ON ONE SIDE AND DOES NOT APPEAR ON THE RIGHT SIDE. REMNANTS OF SILK TIES APPEAR OF BOTH BOTTOM CORNERS OF THE BONNET. THE SILK TIES ARE FRAYING. SOME OF THE CROCHET THREADS ARE COMING UNDONE IN A FEW MINOR PLACES.

Subjects

CLOTHING-HEADWEAR

Historical Association

PERSONAL CARE

History

SEE HISTORY OF P19930012007-GA. DONOR SEEMS TO THINK THAT THE REMAINING RIBBON WAS SEWN UP INTO A ROSETTE AT THE SIDE, AND THAT THERE WAS A ROSETTE ON EACH SIDE.

Catalogue Number

P19930012008

Acquisition Date

1993-02

Collection

Museum

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