Baby's Bonnet
Production date
1985-1989
Country
Australia
State/Province
Queensland
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Object detail
Description
White tatted baby's bonnet with long ribbon attached at either side, gathered to form a decorative flower.
Classification
COSTUME Headwear infant
HANDCRAFTS Lace tatted lace
HANDCRAFTS Lace tatted lace
Maker
Production date
1985-1989
Production place
Measurements
Dia.85 mm
Media/Materials description
Cotton (Textiles)
History and use
This baby’s bonnet was made by Brisbane-born Elsie May Hicks. It is a form of tatting - a lace-making technique dating to the early 19th century where the lace is formed by a pattern of chains and rings double stitched over a core thread. Gaps, called picots, give this lace its form and decorative effect.
Elsie May Whear learnt needlework from her mother, including tatting, but taught herself to crochet. At 12years old, she left school to work in millinery and then for Jenyns corsetry manufacturers, Brisbane. In 1918 she married William Hicks and they had two children. Elsie began exhibiting pen paintings in the 1930s and used the name Mrs W. (William) Hicks, even after her husband died (in 1968). During the 1970s and 1980s she exhibited soft toys and crochet – mostly at the Pine Rivers Show. Queensland Museum has a collection of Elsie Hicks’ work which contributes to a broader collection of prize-winning lacework and embroidery from around the state.
Uploaded to the Web 27 May 2011.
Elsie May Whear learnt needlework from her mother, including tatting, but taught herself to crochet. At 12years old, she left school to work in millinery and then for Jenyns corsetry manufacturers, Brisbane. In 1918 she married William Hicks and they had two children. Elsie began exhibiting pen paintings in the 1930s and used the name Mrs W. (William) Hicks, even after her husband died (in 1968). During the 1970s and 1980s she exhibited soft toys and crochet – mostly at the Pine Rivers Show. Queensland Museum has a collection of Elsie Hicks’ work which contributes to a broader collection of prize-winning lacework and embroidery from around the state.
Uploaded to the Web 27 May 2011.
Registration number
H42340
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