Bonnet Veil
c. 1820
Mary Chadbourne Keith Norton (American, 1807-1890) United States, probably Maine, South Berwick
United States
This bonnet veil was made by Mary Chadbourne Norton, the daughter of Major Winthrop Burnham Norton (1768–1844 [?]) and Dorothy Gowell (died 1831). She married Jairus Shaw Kieth (1793–1848) in 1826. The donor of this piece, Eugenia Keith Spring (d. 1920), was the daughter of the maker. This bonnet veil differs from the other two similar pieces (acc. nos. 1912.1633 & 1916.257) in this gallery in its shape and the use of tambour work, which was popular during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Silk, machine-made twist net; embroidered in chain stitches (tambour work); edged with machine-made picots