Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.697
- Date:
- circa 1840
- Description:
- Dress. Cotton, striped dress, three patterns in stripes, tan and brown, brown with blue and red figures, and green, red, blue, yellow, and white. Front of bodice boned. Seeves attached with piping. Lined with cotton twill throughout. Gathered into belt of same material. Full skirt gathered and attached to belt with piping. Hem lined with 8" brown cotton muslin at hem. All hand stitched. Possibly an early Cocheco print.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - 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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