Mourning bonnet
Category
Costume
Date
1885 - 1890
Materials
Silk
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Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire
NT 1349777
Summary
Mourning bonnet - Made from black ottoman silk in alternating bands with black crepe and part-lined with black sateen. It is constructed over stiffened black muslin and trimmed with a band of pleated black crepe overthe top and tied at the centre and edged with ruched Ottoman. The ties are missing. (female)
Provenance
Given to National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade