The New Albert Bonnet for the Guards, 1854.

Well. This just seems silly!

lauramcphee:

[Unidentified woman, about 30 years of age, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left, wearing bonnet] Mathew Brady, c1844-60 

What a lovely portrait!

carolathhabsburg:

Father and son. C. 1853

vintagevision:

By which is meant milliner’s mannequin, I assume.

centuriespast:

mulliner’s mannaquin
circa 1850
Textile Working Tool
papier mache, paint, leather

Historic Deerfield

I love how her head is shaped like the crown of a bonnet!

oldbookillustrations:

Head dress, open worked straw bonnet, morning cap, little house cap.

From The Ladies’ self instructor in millinery and mantua making…, Philadelphia, 1853.

(via fuckyeahvictorians)

omgthatdress:

Bonnet ca. 1850 via The Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Gorgeous…

Headdress, 1855-1865.  FDIM Museum.

Gorgeous.  Just gorgeous.

oldrags:

Headdress and bouquet, ca 1840’s-60’s France (worn in the United States), MFA Boston

Folding Patented Sun Bonnet, 1900-1910 (left) and Ivory Taffeta bonnet, 1850s.

Wish these weren’t together and that they had a detail image of the 1850s bonnet, because that thing is pretty wacky!  No brim!

Spring Bonnet, 1854.

Fashionable Bonnets, 1854, Thomas Warren and Co.

I am currently obsessed with the idea of making my own handsewn straw bonnets.  I love these…

Riding Hat and Gloves, 1855.

mrsandmr19thcentury:

Daughter and Mother
Daguerreotype - c.1850

(Source: calledback, via fuckyeahvictorians)

Locksmith, 1850s.

What a beautiful portrait.