BONNET
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- CHILD'S BONNET
- Date Range From
- 1948
- Date Range To
- 1948
- Materials
- LINEN, COTTON, SATIN
- Catalogue Number
- P19990002001
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- CHILD'S BONNET
- Date Range From
- 1948
- Date Range To
- 1948
- Materials
- LINEN, COTTON, SATIN
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 17.1
- Length
- 15.7
- Width
- 17.5
- Description
- WHITE STARCHED LINEN BONNET, EMBROIDERED WITH WHITE FLORAL AND LEAF PATTERN. SCALLOPED CROCHETED TRIM, APPROXIMATELY 8CM WIDE, SEWN AROUND FRONT BORDER OF BONNET. PINK SATIN BOW WITH TWO LONG RIBBONS STITCHED TO LOWER BACK. ENDS FRAYED AND SLIGHTLY STAINED.
- Subjects
- CLOTHING-HEADWEAR
- Historical Association
- PERSONAL CARE
- History
- COSTUME BELONGED TO DONOR WHEN SHE WAS ABOUT SIX YEARS OLD (1949). LIVED IN CZECH REPUBLIC OF MORAVIA, IN TOWN CALLED PREROV. DONOR CAME TO CANADA WITH HUSBAND IN 1970. WENT TO EDMONTON FOR 3 WEEKS, THEN BROOKS FOR 1 1/2 YEARS, THEN SETTLED IN LETHBRIDGE FOR 25 YEARS. DONOR'S HUSBAND WORKED AS AN IRRIGATION SPECIALIST. COSTUME WAS HANDMADE BY DONOR'S MOTHER, AND WAS WORN ON SPECIAL OCCASIONS.
- UPDATE: ON 29 NOVEMBER 2024, DONOR LIBBY JONAS RE-VISITED THE GALT MUSEUM TO PARTICIPATE IN A RECORDED CONVERSATION ON HER 1999-DONATED OFFERINGS. AMONGST NEW INFORMATION SHARED, SHE PROVIDED HER MOTHER’S NAME - BERTA ULMOVA – AND THE LOCATION OF HER CHILDHOOD HOME IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC--PREROV, MORAVIA. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE.
- Catalogue Number
- P19990002001
- Acquisition Date
- 1999-07
- Collection
- Museum
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