MILAN BONNETS
In the eighteenth century a broad flat bonnet with a large red tassel, known as the “braid bonnet,” was the distinguishing headdress of the Scottish peasantry, says a London corespondent.
This form of bonnet has now entirely disappeared, but the “Glengarry” and other fancy shapes have still a wide popularity, and it forms the regulation cap of British foot regiments
The name “bonnet” is not found commonly applied to caps till the time of Henry VIIT. At a banquet at Westminster the King vore a bonnet of domask silver, flat woven in the stole, and thereupon wrought with gold, with rich feathers on it At that period Milan bonnets, or “Mellayno bonnets,” came much in vogue. They were worn by both sexes. Hence the makers of female headdresses are known as “milliners.” Milan bonnets of the sixteenth century were generally made of costly materials richly decorated with gems, precious stones and metals.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 21, 22 December 1938, Page 12
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154MILAN BONNETS Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 21, 22 December 1938, Page 12
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