JPK Huson 1863
Brev. Brig. Gen'l
- Joined
- Feb 14, 2012
- Location
- Central Pennsylvania
Anyone else remember Easter service so topped by hats a veritable sea of tulle, feathers, artificial cherries, bows, ribbons, net and the occasional stuffed and nesting bird created a wave, rising and falling as the service progressed through hymn, lessons, Gospel and sermon? Ours were straw, either white or natural, prim once around, neat bow in back, 12 inch ends fluttering behind. A lethally thin elastic band fastened this to your head, ear to ear. White felt gloves, shell button at wrist.
Still in the future, gargantuan confections from late Victorian times. Between 1861 and 1864 ladies still did beautifully. An astonishing array left no one dissatisfied. If some still clung to rose-lined bonnets, fashionable a decade earlier, Godey's, Mme Demorest, Le Mode and other woman's ' books ' enabled women to stay current on trends.
There is a long article on what is suitable for which lady- as ever in posting long articles, will only include a few
The ' Easter Bonnet ' must have been later? No mention in era publications but celebrating our bonnets through this era regardless. Hats! Hats! Hats!
Here's one of my all-time favorite photos- LoC, a lovely bonnet on a cot, inside a camp during the war.
Godey's shared an endless stream of hats, bonnets, scarves and other fabrications you just cannot describe as any of these. This is very tame. I think I saw an entire, pheasant's wing on one, stuffed.
Cont'd- and how could it not?
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