Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.024 a-b
- Place of Origin:
- Dover, NH
- Date:
- 1880-1890
- Description:
- Dress. Brown with yellow figures, cotton, sateen bodice and skirt. Green yoke front and buttons. Lightly boned. Reverse at front. Long, tight sleeves with full, gathered cap. Lined with gray cotton. Full skirt, gathered in back. Lined with red and purple cambric with 9" buckram at hem. Fabric printed by Cocheco Mfg. Co., Dover, NH.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- H-44 W-33 inches
- Provenance:
- Collected by the donor's sister, Marion L. Cass (1894-1963). Miss Cass developed the collection around a core of the personal possessions of her mother, Lillie M. (Wilson) Cass (1867-1951) and added objects passed down in neighboring Haverhill, NH, families. Later, while living and working in Littleton, NH, she devoted her spare time to expanding her collection, eventually representing over a century of changes in clothing and accessory styles.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Merwin P. Cass
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