Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.377
- Date:
- circa 1910
- Description:
- Dress. Gray silk poplin dress, wide shawl-type collar gathered to front and back, with wide silk fringe on edge. Gray embroidered net yoke and high collar, with panel of beading and embroidery at front and rosette at back. Short kimono sleeves with gray lace, short, undersleeve. Blouse gathered into bias piping at waist, lined with white cotton. Long skirt with panel and fullness at back. Lace and embroidered net.
- Material:
- Textile
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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