Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.065
- Date:
- 1850-1857
- Description:
- Dress. Blue and gold changeable silk, fitted bodice buttoned down front with small gold-edged and center decorated blue buttons, fine lace pleated around neck, dark blue silk fringe on sleeves, skirt full, gathered to bodice. Glazed cotton lining in skirt and China silk lining in sleeves and bodice. Fabric structure damask.
- Material:
- Textile
Silk - 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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