Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.012
- Date:
- circa 1880
- Description:
- Dress. White challis wool dress with printed brown flowers. Bodice is elaborately puffed and shirred, trimmed with wide bands of brown velvet ribbon. Hemline of skirt bordered with bands of challis and ribbon. Cotton muslin lining crinoline in skirt.
- Material:
- Textile
Wool
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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