To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com
From: Cin cinbar...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [h-cost] pumpkin bonnet?
Could it be a calash that you're looking for? It's a 18th c thing.
Can we have a picture of the item you're trying to date?
--cin
Cynthia Barnes
cinbar...@gmail.com
On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 7
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
Could it be a calash that you're looking for? It's a 18th c thing.
Can we have a picture of the item you're trying to date?
--cin
Cynthia Barnes
cinbar...@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
somewhere
along the way -- or could it be a child's bonnet? It's just so darn shapeless!
We took some photos but it turned out too orange-y so I'll try again next week.
Thanks,
Suzanne
On Mar 23, 2012, at 1:00 PM, h-costume-requ...@indra.com wrote:
Subject: Re: [h-cost] pumpkin bonnet?
Date
Hello 19th century experts! I'm trying to date a bonnet which was donated to
the museum where I work -- but 19th century bonnets are not my area of
expertise. The donors called this a pumpkin bonnet from early 1800s but I
have doubts about that, and the only similar examples I found in a
Here's a link:
http://www.ageofantiquity.com/millinery.html
Scroll down to the 1840s pink silk bonnet and there's your shape-- or
at least the shape of the cardboard one you linked to.
By the 1850s, brims were shorter, and in the 60s very short indeed,
and a different shape. However,
At 07:29 PM 3/22/2012, you wrote:
Hello 19th century experts! I'm trying to date a bonnet which was
donated to the museum where I work -- but 19th century bonnets are
not my area of expertise. The donors called this a pumpkin bonnet
from early 1800s but I have doubts about that, and the only
Yes, I thought of Uglies, too, but the one link she supplied made it
seem slightly different (way more constructed) than those, which were
usually collapsable, weren't they? Just cane bows with a fabric cover
lining, kind of like a covered wagon top ;)
==Marjorie Wilser
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