Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.033 a-b
- Date:
- 1855-1860
- Description:
- Dress. Brown wool with multicolor satin stripe bands trimming skirt and sleeves. Bodice slightly boned, pointed front, lined with net. Medium neckline, pointed front breast line, 9 metal buttons. Bodice all plain fabric. The bell-shaped long pointed sleeves use the bands. Full skirt gathered at waistband. Five woven bands at hem of gathered skirt. A 6th band, above these is an applique of narrower ribbon made from the taffeta band.
- Material:
- Textile
Skeletal
Wool
Metal - 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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