Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.047
- Date:
- circa 1903
- Description:
- Dress. Two-piece mohair, slightly peach-colored dress. Boned bodice, gathered and bloused at front, white satin yoke covered with open work embroidered tulle, also sleeve caps, and draped with white tulle. Rosette of lilac velvet ribbon with streamers at front and narrow belt of material with two velvet bands interlaced with silk. Three-quarter sleeves, with same velvet trim and wide tulle ruffle. Skirt with fullness at back, trimmed with band of velvet stitching. Lavender sateen dust ruffle. Skirt lined with glazed cotton satin and stiffener. Bodice lined with cotton lining. Fabric challis and satin.
- Material:
- Textile
Tissue
Velvet
Silk - 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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