#straw bonnet

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So since my costume post is fucked up on mobile here the bonnet by itself. All sewn by hand!

[fawnvelveteen]

1840s - Bonnet

[queranruffles]

[impressionim-paintings]

Susan in a Straw Bonnet

Artist: Mary Cassatt (American, 1844-1926)

Date: c. 1883

Medium: Pastel on paper

Collection: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States

Description

Mary Cassatt preferred to use friends, relatives, and close acquaintances as her models. Susan was a cousin of Cassatt’s housekeeper Mathilde Valet and frequently posed for Cassatt in the early 1880s.

[lookingbackatfashionhistory]

• Straw bonnet, with woven silk ribbons. Date: 1840’s

[ladylabsinthe]

1870s-1880s Bonnets  

[ephemeral-elegance]

Straw Bonnet, ca. early 19th century

via MFA

[childrensfashion1880s]

1882 - 1890