Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.028.2 a-b
- Date:
- circa 1860
- Description:
- Dress, two-piece. Bodice and skirt. Brown wool and silk fabric, with green and purple highlights and satin stripes. Bodice appears unfinished, that is, it is not hemmed, basting stitches are present, and there are no signs/remnants of buttons/buttonholes or hooks.
- Material:
- Textile
Silk
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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