Poke bonnet
Category
Costume
Date
1820 - 1830
Materials
Textile
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Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire
NT 1349494
Summary
Poke bonnet made from 0.5cm wide 3-end straw plait of a matt texture. it is fully lined with glazed cotton roller printed and block printed with floral stripe design in several colours. It is edged with blue silk ribbons and fastens with blue cotton tape ties pinned to the bonnet. (female)
Provenance
Given to National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade
Exhibition history
Cotton: Global Threads, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester , 2012