Poke bonnet

An 1830s version of the poke bonnet with ornate ribbon wrapping forms part of the Victoria and Albert Museum archive.

The new styles became widely popular and made the aristocracy less visibly distinct from the so-called respectable middle classes.

[8] The style is modest and was in line with English fashions after the ascension of Queen Victoria.

[9] A poke bonnet features prominently in the illustrations of Beatrix Potter's Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck.

Another appears in the First World War-era music hall song "In your little poke bonnet and shawl".

A black silk poke bonnet, trimmed with velvet and tulle circa 1815
Late 1810s French cartoon lampooning the poke bonnet
1838 Swedish fashion magazine showing wide brimmed versions of the poke