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Date
1832
Material
fibre; paper; metal
Catalogue Number
103.04.1021
Description
Bright green bonnet (calash) with eight folds. Fabric is stitched around shaped metal stays, 14 in all. Neck piece is padded and shaped with wire. Rim has fabric folded or pleated in ribbon effect. Long green ribbon ties at front of neck. Additional long grey ribbon attached to brim higher on face.…
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Title
Bonnet
Date
1832
Material
fibre; paper; metal
Description
Bright green bonnet (calash) with eight folds. Fabric is stitched around shaped metal stays, 14 in all. Neck piece is padded and shaped with wire. Rim has fabric folded or pleated in ribbon effect. Long green ribbon ties at front of neck. Additional long grey ribbon attached to brim higher on face. Inside back is reinforced with burlap on which is glued brown paper. Written in Mary Schaffer’s hand: “18 S.M. Potts 1832 Calasche”. On back, ribbon is tied in bow. Green fabric stitched on back to cover neck.
Subject
clothing
S.M. Potts
Mary Schaffer
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
103.04.1021
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Date
1907 – 1910
Material
fibre; metal
Catalogue Number
103.04.0045
Description
A little girl's fancy hat of deep blue velvet, narrow rimmed, and lined with pale blue satin on the sides and white cotton at the crown, found over two wires as armature and card. The forerim band is decorated with cloth forget-me-nots with wrapped wire stems, and there is evidence of white feather…
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Title
Bonnet
Date
1907 – 1910
Material
fibre; metal
Dimensions
9.0 x 17.0 x 17.5 cm
Description
A little girl's fancy hat of deep blue velvet, narrow rimmed, and lined with pale blue satin on the sides and white cotton at the crown, found over two wires as armature and card. The forerim band is decorated with cloth forget-me-nots with wrapped wire stems, and there is evidence of white feathers at the back of the hat, indicating that at one time it probably was plumed.
Subject
households
CR
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.04.0045
Images
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