Dress

Object Name:

Dress

Object ID:

1963.039.003

Date:

1830-1835

Description:

Dress. Brown silk dress with sprigged flowers woven in the same color. Wide neckline bordered with bands of tucked and shirred fabric. Full sleeves caught in narrow cuffs. Coarse linen gambric lining in bodice, glaze cotton at hem, tape.

Material:

Textile
Silk
Linen
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

People:

Cass, Marion L. (1894-1963), Cass, Merwin P. (1904-1969)

Subjects:

Flowers