Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.031
- Date:
- 1840-1845
- Description:
- Dress. Very plain black silk taffeta dress. Drop sleeves set in with cording. Cap over sleeve. Vertically shirred bodice--wide tucks at shoulder seam to gathers at waist to gathers at waist. Skirt gathered to waist. No collar. Long thin sleeves, high neckline. Fully llined with glazed cotton. Hand sewn and all original. Perhaps a mourning dress.
- Material:
- Textile
Silk
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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