Dress

Object Name:

Dress

Object ID:

1963.039.386 a-c

Place of Origin:

New York, NY

Date:

1895-1898

Description:

Dress. Brown broadcloth jacket, skirt and blouse. Jacket, fitted top, no collar with skirt below waistline. Full sleeves below elbow, tight-fitting lower sleeve. All trimmed with black silk braid, little lapels of material embroidered in brown and white. Small brown and gold buttons. Top lined with white satin (frayed) bottom with brown silk. Long full skirt with shirring at top from back to front panel. Stitched front panel with soutache braid at bottom. Brown taffeta lining and pleated ruffle. Blouse with broadcloth front and back, shirred back and front at waist. Trimmed with the brown and white embroidery and white lace. High collar. Brown crepe sleeves with the brown and white embroidery, three rows of gathering, fulled into cuff of lace and satin. Stitched belt of the broadcloth. Soft boning. Lined with white taffeta (badly frayed). White inside belt with maker's name printed thereon: "Bonvalot Ladjing Robes - 45 W. 50th St., NY".

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

People:

Cass, Marion L. (1894-1963), Cass, Merwin P. (1904-1969)