Object Details
Description
Quaker bonnet of black ribbed silk worn by Massachusetts-born Quaker minister Lucretia Coffin Mott (1793–1880). Mott was an educator, abolitionist, and pioneer of women’s rights. She led efforts to avoid the use of goods produced through the labor of enslaved people and organized the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention with suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Lucretia Mott (Churchill) Jordan (Mrs. H. Donaldson Jordan)
Date made
1850 - 1865
ID Number
CS.268643.013
catalog number
268643.013
accession number
268643
Object Name
Bonnet
Other Terms
Bonnet; Headwear; Accessories Worn on the Body; Female; Quaker
Measurements
overall: 32.5 cm x 19.5 cm x 22.86 cm; 12 25/32 in x 7 11/16 in x 9 in
part: ribbon: 65 cm; 25 19/32 in
used by
United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
used by
Quakers
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_370021