Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Box, Bonnet |
Object ID # |
1988.27.4 |
Other Name |
Hat Box |
Title |
Mary Hiestand Latshaw's bonnet box, ca.1860 |
Place of Origin |
Chester County, PA |
Year Range from |
1855 |
Year Range to |
1865 |
Material |
Paper |
Dimensions |
H-10 W-11.25 L-14.25 Cir-42.25 inches |
Description |
Large paperboard hat or bonnet box covered with wallpaper; oval in shape. Bottom and top boards are hand-sewn in place. |
Provenance |
Circa 1860; owned by Mary B. Hiestand Latshaw (1794-1874), of East Vincent Township, Chester County, apparently in her later years. She was the wife of Jacob B. Latshaw (1796-1867), a preacher in the Vincent and Coventry Mennonite Congregations, and stored her bonnets in this box (see 1988.27.1-2). The box, with the bonnets, were passed down by her daughter Annie H. Latshaw Stauffer (1830-1920), then to Annie's grand-daughter, the donor. |
Source |
Gift of Mary Stauffer Guntz |