This listing is for the green bonnet only.
With hairstyles becoming increasingly elaborate after 1770, the \"calash\" was worn outdoors to protect the hair from wind and weather: a hood of silk stiffened with whalebone or arched cane battens, collapsible like a fan or the calash top of a carriage, they were fitted with ribbons to allow them to be held secure in a gale.
This calash is lined with cream silk up to the fourth rib and then with stiffened gauze. See condition description.