Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.380
- Date:
- circa 1840
- Description:
- Dress. Blue and green changeable silk dress. Bodice trimmed with pointed bands of black velvet ribbon and black velvet button down front. Plain drop-shoulder sleeves trimmed with black velvet. Boned and lined with brown twill cotton. Skirt pleated into bodice and trimmed with the black velvet ribbon down front and on sides. Lined with thin polished cotton. Fine woven silk handkerchief with three rows buttonhole embroidery around edge and embroidered corners. "Sarah A. Stickney" printed in ink.
- Material:
- Textile
Silk - Provenance:
- "Sarah A. Stickney" printed in ink.
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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