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Undoubtedly hand sewn at home, the exaggerated shape of this bonnet marks it as a highly fashionable example of the period. The back puff mirrors the puffed sleeves that were then fashionable. The rick-rack like openwork joining the sections is another notable feature.
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Title: Sunbonnet
Date: ca. 1825
Culture: American
Medium: cotton
Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of W. P. Daggett, 1927
Object Number: 2009.300.1686
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