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labricoleuseI'm on a real history kick right now, aren't i? If you read for the projects, my contract starts Monday so i'll start generating projects soon enough!
I wanted to share an image of a rare type of bonnet (or at least, i think of it as rare): the calash. These kinds of bonnets and hoods have boned hoops in them and are quite large in dimension, to accommodate the large hairstyles of the late 17th century. I don't know where the image came from in terms of the original source--i got it framed as a gift from my aunt.
Most sources list the calash as dating to around 1780 (though some seem to think it may have hung around through 1820-1830, perhaps worn by older women). These ladies' dresses look to be more of an 1830s style. The caption suggests that perhaps they are wearing what they consider "old fashioned" hats in making their teatime tableau. Considering the popularity of "Apollo knot" updo hairstyles in the 1830s, one can surmise that perhaps that is the reason why the calash is sitting so high and strangely on the wearer's head, and also perhaps the odd upwards position of the bonnet worn by her companion directly to the left. Regardless, it's such an unusual piece of millinery photography, i had to share it!
The Charlotte Museum of History has a great image of a well-preserved green silk calash on their website.
Here's a really large one, which according to the host site, the photo dates from the late 19th century, again probably a staged "old fashioned attire" photograph.
I haven't quite got the second half of Ms. Bryner's report ready to post yet, but![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-syndicated.gif)
kuki_milliner commented with a link to a cool page on the archive of her papers:
http://specialcollections.vassar.edu/findingaids/bryner_edna.html
Apparently, she graduated from Vassar in 1907 (putting her probably in her early thirties when she conducted the millinery survey), was quite a successful novelist and later became an expert on Tibetan Buddhist literature. What a cool lady!
I wanted to share an image of a rare type of bonnet (or at least, i think of it as rare): the calash. These kinds of bonnets and hoods have boned hoops in them and are quite large in dimension, to accommodate the large hairstyles of the late 17th century. I don't know where the image came from in terms of the original source--i got it framed as a gift from my aunt.
Most sources list the calash as dating to around 1780 (though some seem to think it may have hung around through 1820-1830, perhaps worn by older women). These ladies' dresses look to be more of an 1830s style. The caption suggests that perhaps they are wearing what they consider "old fashioned" hats in making their teatime tableau. Considering the popularity of "Apollo knot" updo hairstyles in the 1830s, one can surmise that perhaps that is the reason why the calash is sitting so high and strangely on the wearer's head, and also perhaps the odd upwards position of the bonnet worn by her companion directly to the left. Regardless, it's such an unusual piece of millinery photography, i had to share it!
The Charlotte Museum of History has a great image of a well-preserved green silk calash on their website.
Here's a really large one, which according to the host site, the photo dates from the late 19th century, again probably a staged "old fashioned attire" photograph.
I haven't quite got the second half of Ms. Bryner's report ready to post yet, but
kuki_milliner commented with a link to a cool page on the archive of her papers:http://specialcollections.vassar.edu/findingaids/bryner_edna.html
Apparently, she graduated from Vassar in 1907 (putting her probably in her early thirties when she conducted the millinery survey), was quite a successful novelist and later became an expert on Tibetan Buddhist literature. What a cool lady!
