Calash, from the French caleche (with accents I don't know how to add in email)--from the carriage of the same name with a similar collapsible top. But where that term for the carriage came from, I don't know.
Ann Wass -----Original Message----- From: Bambi TBNL <hippy_dippy_dan...@yahoo.com> To: h-costume <h-cost...@indra.com> Sent: Sat, Mar 24, 2012 2:54 am Subject: Re: [h-cost] "pumpkin" bonnet? Calacsh? Or calabash? I believe i have heard that term ib Europe ( a la.ge umpkin like vegetable) used for a bubble like shaped like bonnet from the late 700s early 1100 . On my phone i Cant be more specific than that. ----Original Message----- ate: Friday, March 23, 2012 2:51:13 pm o: "Historical Costume" <h-cost...@indra.com> rom: "Cin" <cinbar...@gmail.com> ubject: Re: [h-cost] "pumpkin" bonnet? Could it be a calash that you're looking for? It's a 18th c thing. an we have a picture of the item you're trying to date? -cin ynthia Barnes inbar...@gmail.com On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 7:29 PM, Suzanne <sovag...@cybermesa.com> wrote: Hello 19th century experts! I'm trying to date a bonnet which was donated to he museum where I work -- but 19th century bonnets are not my area of xpertise. The donors called this a "pumpkin" bonnet from "early 1800s" but I ave doubts about that, and the only similar examples I found in a quick nternet search were American Civil War era. I'm inclined to go with a "circa 860" date but I'd be delighted to hear from someone who actually knows omething! :-) The bonnet is made of brown silk, constructed in concentric rows of thick uching, with tiny bows at the top center of each row, and a short bavolet. It's softer and more spherical in shape than this one (because the back is less efined and the bavolet is not as heavily gathered): http:// _______________________________________________ -costume mailing list -cost...@mail.indra.com ttp://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
