Doll's bonnet
Category
Dolls' accessories
Date
Unknown
Materials
Silk, chiffon, satin and lace.
Measurements
470 mm (length); 120 mm (width)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 662045
Summary
A cream silk doll's bonnet with a cream chiffon veil attached. The bonnet is lined with cream silk and there are two layers of cream lace lining the inside of the bonnet brim. There is a faded green, blue and cream silk or satin ribbon bow at the back of the bonnet with a red tipped haberdasher's pin stuck through it. On either side of the bonnet is a green, blue and cream silk or satin ribbon rosette with a tie hanging down. The hat has been stored wrapped over a manikin made of tissue paper and a roll of bubble wrap.
Provenance
Loaned to the Museum of Childhood by the Betty Cadbury Trust Sudbury in May 1993.