Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.068 a-c
- Date:
- 1875-1880
- Description:
- Dress. Three pieces. Blue, tan, and brown silk brocade bodice and skirt with pale blue faille. Bodice boned and fitted with faille vest, back and sleeves with brocade cuffs, and front of bodice with feather stitching. Lined with cream sateen. Brocade skirt with panel and faille folds at back. Ten accordion pleated ruffles of faille down front. Faille dust ruffle with pleated bottom, plain dust ruffle, and pleated muslin with lace dust ruffle. Skirt lined with plain weave cotton with stiffener in hem.. Short sleeves, low-necked bodice, boned and fitted pointed belt attached at bottom. Blue faille down front, lining sleeves and belt. Cotton twill lining in bodice. Damask
a. bodice
b. skirt
c. belt - 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
Electronic Resources are only available to New Hampshire Historical Society members. To access electronic resources, please join the New Hampshire Historical Society.