These very fancy bonnets decorated with lace are illustrated
in my copy of The ladies pocket magazine of 1831. The one on the left is described
as the front view of a half dress cap, composed of blonde lace embellished with
twisted rouleaux of gauze ribbon. The view on the right shows the back view of
a morning cap. This is described as being composed of English lace with a
twisted band of gauze ribbon encircling the caul. Unfortunately the lace is not
drawn very accurately and the design seems similar for both bonnets. It looks
quite wide though and the caul of the morning cap seems to be made up of two
gathered pieces of lace with the scalloped edges running down the centre of the
head. The fashion correspondent for the magazine also informs us that ‘Headdresses
of blond lace, forming a front in the cap style, but without any caul, and
trimmed with light sprigs of flowers, are more in request for dinners of
ceremony’. It’s nice to see lace being used for day and evening millinery.
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