Shaker Bonnet c. 1936

"Shaker Bonnet" (c. 1936) is a watercolor by Alice Stearns (1855-1995) that depicts a white bonnet with a pink ribbon tied at the back. The detail and realism of Stearns’s work are evident in the folds and texture of the bonnet’s fabric. Stearns’s artistic career spanned several decades, and she often explored themes of domesticity and everyday life, as seen in this delicate rendering of a Shaker bonnet.