Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.049
- Date:
- 1845-1850
- Description:
- Dress. Brown and green plaid taffeta dress. Fitted bodice with surplice front, pleated from shoulder to waist; neck bound with black velvet and white ruching. Wide bell-shaped sleeves, pleated at shoulders, black velvet ribbon around edge. Skirt shirred onto waist, full. Skirt lined throughout with green cambric. Black buttons. Bodice lined with cotton twill.
- Material:
- Textile
- 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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