Dark Emerald Green Silk Calash Bonnet late 18th or Early 19th Century
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Dark Emerald Green Silk Calash Bonnet late 18th or Early 19th Century:
$83.70
This listing is for the green bonnet only.
With hairstyles becoming increasingly elaborate after 1770, the \"calash\" was worn outdoors to protect the hair from wind and weather: a hood of silk stiffened with whalebone or arched cane battens, collapsible like a fan or the calash top of a carriage, they were fitted with ribbons to allow them to be held secure in a gale.
This calash is lined with cream silk up to the fourth rib and then with stiffened gauze. See condition description.
Dark Emerald Green Silk Calash Bonnet late 18th or Early 19th Century:
$83.70