Sunbonnet of white cotton with quilted brim trimmed in ruffle pin-pleated into the brim
- Title
- Sunbonnet of white cotton with quilted brim trimmed in ruffle pin-pleated into the brim
- LC Subject
- hats
- Donor
- Emberson, Heather V.
- Description
- Sunbonnet of white cotton with quilted brim trimmed in ruffle pin-pleated into the brim; scalloped edges of ruffle are embroidered with tiny stemmed flowers; back crown is gathered into the brim/visor and gathered at the back where it is trimmed in self-ruffle; bow-tie at back of neck and ties at bow under chin.
- Motif
- Bow-ties Stemmed flowers Scalloped edge Ruffles
- Work Type
- bonnets (hats)
- Location
- United States
- Date
- 1850/1859
- Identifier
- 1984.001.052
- Rights
- In Copyright
- License
- Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Cotton
- Technique
- Embroidery Quilting Gathering Trapunto
- Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Primary Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Institution
- Oregon State University
- Note
- Sunbonnets were worn by women who where traveling across country to settle the west. The sunbonnet was revived for this purpose of protecting women's faces while outdoors.
