Left – The bonnet is of black and white crin, or horsehair, bound with black velvet, and trimmed with a natural feather. The inside trimming is of scarlet geraniums, and the strings are of black ribbon.
Right – Leghorn bonnet, with violet silk cape, and trimmed with violet-colored flowers. (Godey’s, May 1864)
If I Had My Own Blue Box: 
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