Black Bonnet
Brief Item Record
Title: Black Bonnet
Date: 1880-1889
Description: Black bonnet of fishnet, wire, beads, sequins, and ribbon; structure composed of three wires intersecting at center and two thread-covered wire circumferences; small beads sewn in fish scale pattern on fishnet; larger beads on top; sequins clustered at center front; two black ribbons tied in center back with 25'' tails.; Black bonnet of fishnet, wire beads, sequins, and ribbon; structure composed of three wires intersecting at center, and two thread-covered wire circumferences; small beads sewn in fish scale pattern on fishnet; larger beads on top; sequins clustered at center front; two black ribbons tied in center back with 25'' tails.
Full Item Record
Dublin Core
Identifier
VC2014002
Title
Black Bonnet
Description
Black bonnet of fishnet, wire, beads, sequins, and ribbon; structure composed of three wires intersecting at center and two thread-covered wire circumferences; small beads sewn in fish scale pattern on fishnet; larger beads on top; sequins clustered at center front; two black ribbons tied in center back with 25'' tails.; Black bonnet of fishnet, wire beads, sequins, and ribbon; structure composed of three wires intersecting at center, and two thread-covered wire circumferences; small beads sewn in fish scale pattern on fishnet; larger beads on top; sequins clustered at center front; two black ribbons tied in center back with 25'' tails.
Date
1880-1889
Subject
Clothing and dress
Extent
2 inches (center front length), other measurements: 24 inches (circumference), 25 inches (ribbon tails)
Type
Physical Object
Spatial Coverage
Temporal Coverage
Rights
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Rights Holder
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Costume Item Type Metadata
Cataloguer with Date
Quinn Milton, 3/26/14
Color Main
Center Front Length
2
Measurements Other
24 inches (circumference), 25 inches (ribbon tails)
All Measurements
2 inches (center front length), other measurements: 24 inches (circumference), 25 inches (ribbon tails)
Date Earliest
1880
Date Latest
1890
Culture
Gender
Classification
costume
clothing
Category
Condition Term
poor
Condition Description
Missing beads, loose thread and wire; bent wire structure tears in ribbon mended with brown thread.
Storage Location
A8
Holding Institution
Work Type
Citation
“Black Bonnet,” Vassar College Costume Collection, accessed September 12, 2024, https://vccc.vassarspaces.net/items/show/4478.