Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.064
- Date:
- circa 1855
- Description:
- Dress. Lavender and silver striped silk taffeta dress, bodice and skirt with lavender and white embroidered design in stripes. Fittted bodice, pointed front and back. Bell-shaped sleeves with silk fringe stimming. Full skirt pleated into waistband. Glazed cotton lining in bodice and cotton lining in skirt.
- 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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