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ornamentedbeing: c. 1865-70 Summary description Fanchon bonnet - Made from yellow satin and silk georgette in rows of box pleats across the bonnet and lined with yellow georgette. It is constructed on a wire frame. The bonnet is edged with machine blond-style lace. There is a satin ribbon bow centre front. There is a bar decorated with cornflowers, poppies, daisies and ferns of coloured, stiffened cotton and feathers. There are yellow satin ribbon ties and false ties of georgette and satin held with satin and lace bow at the throat. There are narrow ties of cream silk fringed ribbon. See SNO.TC.1123/1125. (female) Provenance Charles Paget Wade Collection, Snowshill Manor

ornamentedbeing:

c. 1865-70

Summary description

Fanchon bonnet - Made from yellow satin and silk georgette in rows of box pleats across the bonnet and lined with yellow georgette. It is constructed on a wire frame. The bonnet is edged with machine blond-style lace. There is a satin ribbon bow centre front. There is a bar decorated with cornflowers, poppies, daisies and ferns of coloured, stiffened cotton and feathers. There are yellow satin ribbon ties and false ties of georgette and satin held with satin and lace bow at the throat. There are narrow ties of cream silk fringed ribbon. See SNO.TC.1123/1125. (female)

Provenance

Charles Paget Wade Collection, Snowshill Manor

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npr: lookhigh: Electric Cars, A Better Idea (In 1896) The Electric Vehicle Co. introduced electric cabs to New York City in 1896, and by 1899 the city had more than 60 of them. The cars were intended to fix the significant waste problem from horse-drawn carriages. Cab companies didn’t believe there was a market for personal cars because it would require knowledge of electricity, but consumers did end up purchasing their own because of how easy they were to use. (NPR)  Would You Buy An Electric?  Photo: Electrobat cabs in front of the Old Metropolitan Opera House in New York in 1898. (AP/Museum of Modern Art)

npr:

lookhigh: Electric Cars, A Better Idea (In 1896)

The Electric Vehicle Co. introduced electric cabs to New York City in 1896, and by 1899 the city had more than 60 of them. The cars were intended to fix the significant waste problem from horse-drawn carriages. Cab companies didn’t believe there was a market for personal cars because it would require knowledge of electricity, but consumers did end up purchasing their own because of how easy they were to use. (NPR) 

Would You Buy An Electric? 

Photo: Electrobat cabs in front of the Old Metropolitan Opera House in New York in 1898. (AP/Museum of Modern Art)

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