#125

Straw Bonnet in Wooden Bonnet Box
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$300
sold
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Description
Fancily woven straw with domed top and very wide brim is trimmed with a border of box-pleated silk ruffle centered with a band of narrow aqua silk ribbon. An ivory silk bow and streamer are further decorations. The bonnet is preserved in its original green-paper-lined wooden box with lid and leather straps. 6"W bonnet. 2" inside head width. Circa 1870.