FASHIONABLE DRAWN SILK BONNET, C. 1855-1865

FASHIONABLE DRAWN SILK BONNET, C. 1855-1865

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Fashionable drawn silk bonnet c. 1855-1865 from the Texas Civil War Museum. The bonnet is made from light olive colored silk taffeta, trimmed with wide copper silk taffeta ribbon. The silk is drawn over ⅛" round canes spaced in clusters of three rows, laid over a wire frame. The silk at the front of the crown where it joins the brim is finished with a self-fabric ruffle. The silk on the tip of the bonnet is gathered into a fan-shaped cluster of pleats. The wired brim is covered in the silk.

The outside of the brim is covered with a very, very fine brown lace edging. The inside of the brim has a silk facing over which is laid over a pleated frill of 2" wide ivory lace edging. The box-pleated bavolet is made from the same silk taffeta, cut on the bias, with a tiny tuck an inch above the bottom edge, and lined with brown cotton bobbinet. The crown is partially-lined with very fine brown cotton buckram.

The bonnet is trimmed with a band and multiple loops of 3" wide copper ribbon woven with finely-corded medium brown edges. The same ribbon is used for the ties. A tightly-gathered cluster of the same very fine brown lace used to accent the brim accents the left end of the bavolet where it joins the bonnet.

Condition: Good. Bonnet frame and overall construction is solid. The silk has some irregular fading, possibly from minor water damage. There are a few small holes in the bavolet; the ribbon ties are shattering. [cs][ph:L]

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