Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.010
- Date:
- 1870-1885
- Description:
- Dress. Cream challis (wool) dress with stripes of cream satin woven in, sprigged with lavender and yellow flowers. Sleeves decorated with crystals and pearls. Bodice has simply shirred front. (b) Skirt has short train. Separate edged with long point a back and shorter points all edged with crystal and pearl beading. Separate belt. Three pieces. (a) top, (b) skirt, and (c) dickey. Muslin in bodice lining; cambric lining in skirt; beading trim.
- Material:
- Textile
Wool - 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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