Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.032 a-b
- Date:
- 1875-1885
- Description:
- Dress. Two-piece red-brown silk/satin dress with dark brown cut velvet center panels with 16 brown knotted buttons to look like a blouse; rest of bodice is satin with beaded trim at cuffs, front and around neck, and gold braid trim on bodice front and sleeves. Stand-up collar. Cut velvet V panel at back neck. Skirt has two ruffles of brown satin above hemline and center front V panel (under fake pleat) of velvet, deep pleats center back.
- Material:
- Textile
Silk
Velvet - 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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