Collection Highlights
Tammany Bank
Date:
ca. 1875
Object Number:
1937.1237
Medium:
Iron, paint
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Child's bonnet: embroidered floral pattern
Object Number:
INV.11483
Date:
1820-1860
Medium:
Linen
Dimensions:
overall (flat): 10 1/4 x 19 1/2 x 1/4 in. ( 26 x 49.5 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
White cambric child's bonnet which ties under the chin, with cambric appliqué and whitework embroidering in a grape vine design on the crown and around the brim, the crown is shirred onto the brim, the brim drops below the crown to meet a collar which covers the neck, the outer edge is trimmed with machine made bobbin-style lace.
Gallery Label:
This bonnet came from the Granniss family of Branford, Connecticut.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
