Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.009
- Date:
- circa 1870
- Description:
- Dress. Brown silk grosgrain (faille) (a) bodice and (b) skirt. Bodice fitted and boned. Bronze beaded trim at front with brown velvet ruffle and yoke. Long tight sleeves, tucked at top, with three rows of brown velvet trim and velvet cuffs. Lined with red and tan figured twill cotton. Full skirt with insets of brown velvet and rosette on either side of front. Two grosgrain and one velvet applied ruffle at bottom of skirt. (c) Collar - brown faille and velvet. Standing faille collar band has velvet collar with two points. Attached faille bow has velvet knot.
- Material:
- Textile
Silk
Skeletal
Velvet
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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