THREE SILK TAFFETA & STRAW BONNETS, 1850s - 1860s

1 grey finely striped silk taffeta bonnet, trimmed w/green & white checked silk taffeta, int brim trimmed w/black silk velvet & cloth blossoms, lined w/black silk taffeta, late 1850s, H 12.75” Wd 10” D 7”, (disc./stains ribbons, holes/wear, area loss LF ribbon, loss/shattering tulle, tears int crown) Good; 1 straw bonnet, trimmed w/pink & black plaid silk taffeta, int brim faced w/burgundy velvet, H 12” Wd 9.5” D 8.5 (unstitched areas straw strips/ribbon/velvet int, tears/splits back crown, broad loss int tulle) Fair; 1 spoon bonnet of horsehair, lined w/buckram, trimmed w/Balmoral inspired plaid silk taffeta taffeta, pink silk millinery flowers, 1860, H 14” Wd 9.25", (splits brim, holes/tears plaid silk, loss horsehair). Good.