Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.043 a-b
- Date:
- 1870-1875
- Description:
- Dress. Gray, green, and black striped silk two-piece dress. Fitted bodice, buttoned down front, 19 gray knitted buttons. Small roll-back collar, plain sleeves. Pleated panel at back. Lined with tan cotton twill. Draped short overskirt in front, elaborate bustle/pannier arrangement all intact and original; skirt with plain hem at back and 3" x 4" tabs at front. Under pleated ruffle at bottom with dust ruffle on buckram. Lined with stiffened cambric (likely crinoline).
- 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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