Poke bonnet
Category
Costume
Date
1815 - 1820
Materials
Textile
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Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire
NT 1349493
Summary
Poke bonnet made from narrow shiny straw plait lined with blue silk with an interlining of paper. It is handstitched through overlapped plait. The bonnet is trimmed with horsehair and straw plait braid and a wide band of blue and cream flowered ribbon pinned across the sides and under the crown. There are long ties of the same ribbon. (female)
Provenance
Given to National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade
References
Mackenzie 2004: Althea Mackenzie, Hats and Bonnets from Snowshill, One of the World's Leading Collections of Costume and Accessories of the 18th and 19th Centuries, National Trust 2004, pp. 22-23.