Cap is made of gauze-like fabric. Back and crown attach to a very wide 'visor' at the front (over 4" wide) which extends down to chin. Wide (2" x 12") strings of the same fabric are then attached for tying.
Cap is embroidered with a meandering chain stitch on 'visor' and back. A large embroidered circle of loops surrounds embroidery on back of crown.
(Written by Wendell Zercher)
Provenance
Found in collections at Chestnut Hill Historical Society and deaccessioned due to Lancaster County origins. Notation written on box states: "Bonnet of Frank E. Bachman's great aunt Eliza Eshleman. She lived with Frank's parents with her nurse. Near Lancaster Pa." Not know if this applies to one of these caps/bonnets or all three of them.
Cap of light cotton fabric of open weave. Hood-shaped with rounded crown, extended 'visor' and fairly straight edge at bottom. Netting trim on all edges; netting also infills vertical cuts made from bottom edge (at neck line).
Narrow strings of unequal length and made of the same fabric as cap are attached to mid-point at bottom edge.
(Written by Wendell Zercher)
Provenance
Found in collections at Chestnut Hill Historical Society and deaccessioned due to Lancaster County origins. Notation written on box states: "Bonnet of Frank E. Bachman's great aunt Eliza Eshleman. She lived with Frank's parents with her nurse. Near Lancaster Pa." Not know if this applies to one of these caps/bonnets or all three of them.
Date Range
Late 19th century
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 2
Storage Cabinet
Unit 13
Storage Shelf
Shelf 3
Storage Container
Box 0059
Object Name
Bonnet
Dimension Details
11 inches crown to chin corner.
Condition
Good
Condition Date
1997-06-27
Condition Notes
Moderate soiling at neck line; mended netting near crown.
Quaker woman's cap, commercially made of black silk. Cap front is 5 inches deep, gathered at bottom with draw string of black ribbon. Cap ties are 12 inches long, hemmed at ends. Stitching done in brown thread.
Provenance
Mercy Moore Carter Wood (b. Nov. 29, 1822 and d. Sept 14, 1911) married John Wood in 1845, loved on a farm in Little Britain Twp. near Kirk Mills and raised 8 children. James Wood was a farmer and bank director. The Woods were members of the Eastland Friends Meeting, located in Little Britain Twp. between Wrightsdale and KIrks Mills.
See also G.09.02.01, bonnet belonging to same owner.
Black silk quilted woman's bonnet with large visor attached to small crown at back. Long skirting around nape of neck is not quilted. Bonnet is hand-quilted with a running stitch in two wide outer bands having a zig-zag pattern, and nine narrow inner bands. Cotton batting.
The lining at the back of interior is cotton print of squares in tan, white, blue and plum.
Two black tying strings are pinned to the bottom--one partial tie is sewn on.
Year Range From
1840
Year Range To
1870
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 2
Storage Cabinet
Unit 13
Storage Shelf
Shelf 3
Storage Container
Box 0059
Object Name
Bonnet
Height (cm)
33.02
Height (ft)
1.0833333333
Height (in)
13
Width (cm)
25.4
Width (ft)
0.8333333333
Width (in)
10
Depth (cm)
20.32
Depth (ft)
0.6666666667
Depth (in)
8
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2001-05-18
Condition Notes
Small losses to silk on outside; larger loss on interior silk. Fraying in interior where black silk meets lining.
Lancaster County cap/bonnet for a woman, white cotton, with a visor expending from a rear crown. Crown is gathered at the top and at the bottom (neck). Small border panel runs along bottom of both crown and visor. Crocheted edging, about 1/2-inch wide, around entire cap. Nine-inch-long tying strings attached at bottom corners of visor panel, made of 1/2-inch-wide cotton twill tape. (Written by Wendell Zercher.)
Provenance
Donor, Mrs. Marianna N. Akerman, believes cap/bonnet came from her great-grandmother, Verlinda Stubbs Neel (1831-1912). Verlinda Stubbs came from a Quaker family, but she married Thomas Ross Neel of Drumore Twp. who came from a Presbyterian Scots-Irish family. Verlinda was the mother of Charles Neel who was in turn the father of Thomas Ross Neel who was the father of the donor.
Date Range
19th centruy
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 2
Storage Cabinet
Unit 13
Storage Shelf
Shelf 3
Storage Container
Box 0059
Object Name
Bonnet
Height (cm)
25.4
Height (ft)
0.8333333333
Height (in)
10
Width (cm)
20.32
Width (ft)
0.6666666667
Width (in)
8
Depth (cm)
20.32
Depth (ft)
0.6666666667
Depth (in)
8
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2003-04-17
Condition Notes
Yellowed overall with a sprinkling of tiny dark stains over much of surface.
Cap of pleated white netting forms a hemispherical shape; embroidered with large "snowflakes" and tight serpentine lines. Faded blue ribbon with bows covers seam where a 1-1/2" edging of fine netting is attached. Edging is embroidered with small floral motifs overall and larger flowers along edge.
Found in collectionms at Chestnut Hill Historical Society and deaccessioned due to Lancaster County origins. Notation written on box states: "Bonnet of Frank E. Bachman's great aunt Eliza Eshleman. She lived with Frank's mother & father - with her nurse. NEar Lancaster Pa." Not know if this applies to one of these caps/bonnets or all of them. (By Wendell Zercher)
Glazed soft paste porcelain Gaudy Welsh sugar bowl (A) with lid (B). Handpainted inverted tulips of red and yellow are interspersed with 3 large, dominating deep blue scalloped motifs decorated with copper lustre painted floral decoration. Squat pot-bellied body sits on a low squarish pedestal with scalloped edging. Two molded angular applied handles. Top has round mouth with flared collar extends outward. Domed lid has squarish molded knob finial. Darkened remnant of paper sticker with blurred writing, perhaps "-caster/ --ea set/ --1825."
Provenance
Collected by Harpo and Susan Marx during visits back East from CA. Donated to Heritage Center.
