Antique clothing - help with function and dates please

I hope some of the vintage clothes folks see this! I love that shawl!
Sorry I can't help more I'm much more familiar with 30s and later.

 

We need Rivets for this one. I think the black lace is newer than the bonnets by a good deal. The shawl looks Victorian. No clue on the lace jacket and underskirt. I'm going to take a guess and say the black lace is more 1910 than 1890.

 

Would that first one be considered a piano shawl?

 

I love the pretty red bonnet Bookahtoo, about the 1880's to 90's I would estimate. I'm so happy to find this board, I was a long time lurker on the Ebay board and happy to see so many of the crew have migrated here, I've learned so much from everyone and I thank you all so much,
Joy.

 

Red bonnet, about 1850s, is a winter bonnet. Lady may have worn a dust cap around the house, she would have kept the dust cap on and put the winter bonnet on over the house cap.

White lace bonnet, is cotton net lace, embroidered design. You did not mention size but if it is small there is a good market for baby bonnets, ladies buy them for their large dolls.

 

I came back to look again. I don't think the shawl is silk, I think a blend but not sure. The Fringe is sewn on. Yes call it shawl, scarf, piano scarf. Not sure of age maybe 20s-30s.

I think the white lace was a dress at one time and someone cut it apart. The waist band on the skirt is not original and of course the bottom of the blouse is unfinished. I think the white lace is about 1910. May have had a full length silk under dress or slip. But I think both pieces have been altered.

I cannot tell about the black but I believe that has been cut down.

If you can determine whether the lace is cotton or not that would help. Try doing a burn test, cotton burns, rayon, nylon, melts.

Even though the lace items have been cut down someone will buy them to use the lace to make something else.

Rivets will have some thoughts about the shawl and lace items. So wait for more info.

 

Shawl looks like acetate. The fringe is applied by poking a piece (or two) of folded fringe yarn through the hem or selvage, and then feeding the ends through that loop. Probably 1930s.

At first glance I'd put the quilted silk bonnet at around 1850, and the tambour lace cap about the same period.

The net and chemical lace set - 1910? Hard to see the form of the neckline and sleeve. Maybe a tad earlier.

Hard to say anything about the black lace skirt - I can't tell the circumference, skirt shape, or how it's assembled, but I'm betting on the first part of the 20th century.