Bonnet
Bonnet with silk flounce, labeled "Eliza Smith 1887", Sabbathday Lake, ME
Description
Bonnet is orange woven straw with lighter woven straw as seams, edging. From front to seam at back 7" total length. Crown curves outward and is about 7 3/4" wide at widest point. Interior sides are lined with translucent purple-gray silk. Crown is lined with cream-colored net material with distinct vertical lines. There is a 1" wide cream-colored silk border that has a cream "zig-zag" stitching between the two linings. Cream-colored lace about 1/2" wide is present at bottom edge. Iridescent gray flounce about 5" long in front and 5 5/8" long at back. Flounce is tightly pleated in back. Flounce is approximately 13 1/2" wide. Gray silk ties 1 1/2" wide and about 16 1/2" are attached underneath flounce at very front edge.
Maine Sabbathday Lake
