19th century
Small bonnet with a brim made from alternating lines of bobbin lace with floral motifs and narrow strips of tape with velvet ribbons threaded through it. The crown is an ornate circle decorated with embroidered stylised flowers. There is a tassel made from satin ribbon at the top of the brim.
TRC 2012.0206
Cap
Textile Research Centre
Silk cotton
Factory woven (satin) ribbon hand made bobbin lace hand embroidered (satin stitch seed stitch darning stitch)