Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.038 a-b
- Date:
- circa 1855
- Description:
- Dress. Purple and gold changeable silk matelasse dress. Bodice shirred at pointed waist front and lined with cotton twill. Hooks in back. Long bell-shaped sleeves with tucking at bottom and on cap; lined with glazed cotton. Full shirred skirt with 15" glazed cotton lining at hem, back opening and original cartridge pleats. Mantle of same material with double black embroidered net around bottom, unlined. All hand stitched.
- 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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