Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.042 a-b
- Date:
- 1875-1880
- Description:
- Dress. Two-piece gray-green silk faille jacket and skirt. Jacket buttoned all down front, fitted at waist, pointed front and back, and lined with cotton twill. There are 16 covered buttons. Flat collar and stand-up collar. Wide cuffs, tucked top and bottom with band and bow in center. Wide diagonal tucks down front of skirt; large bows at side and fan pocket on other side. Bustle back with cascading panel. Skirt has been altered but bustle system left intact. Three ruffles around bottom. Lined.
- 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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