Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.387
- Place of Origin:
- New York, NY
- Date:
- circa 1905
- Description:
- Dress. Violet linen waist, skirt and jacket. Boned waist embroidered and trimmed with braid. Dotted net guimpe collar and trimming at bottom of three-quarter sleeves. Lined with white silk. Plain, gored skirt. Three-quarter length jacket, shawl collar, slanted, inset pockets at front, pearl buttons on sleeves and front, belt of same material.
- Material:
- Textile
Linen
Silk
Skeletal - 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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