Quaker costume - Quaker Life in Tasmania

The following pages show clothes belonging to Sarah Benson Walker which were preserved by the Robey sisters. They are now held in the Society of Friends Meeting House Collection Hobart Tasmania

Sarah Benson Walker : University of Tasmania Special and Rare Materials Collections

Sarah Benson Walker's bonnet :
Society of Friends' Meeting House Collection

Sarah Benson Walker : University of Tasmania Library Special and Rare Materials Collections

Sarah Benson Walker's Cape : Society of Friends' Meeting House Collection

Sarah Benson Walker's shawl : Society of Friends' Meeting House Collection

Mary Augusta Walker wearing her mothers Quaker dress, shawl and bonnet, University of Tasmania Library Special and Rare Materials Collections

Letter from Sarah to her neice Esther Robey thanking her for her present of some new shoes : University of Tasmania Special and Rare Materials Collections

Detail of buttons on Sarah Benson Walker's Cape
Society of Friends' Meeting House Collection

Sarah Benson Walker Dress : Society of Friends' Meeting House Collection

Details of handsewn lining of Sarah Benson Walkers dress : Society of Friends' Meeting House Collection

Detail of smocked front of Sarah Benson Walkers Dress:
Society of Friends' Meeting House Collection:

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