Women's hat : Spoon bonnet, checked brown & white silk, ~ 12 inches tall from top of brim to bottom of bavuret. Wide silk ties. Brim faced with what looks like strips of silk checked ribbon sewn together. Same ribbon as ties continues to top of hat & cross-wrapped in loop. One Drawn section. Bow at back , two inch bavuret. Work by Mrs. Marietta (Peirce) Bailey, the donor's mother. Date of 1868 on card catalog card