Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.390 a-b
- Date:
- circa 1870
- Description:
- Dress. Brown silk satin bodice and skirt. Fitted bodice, to point, front and back, cape sleeves trimmed with fringed braid around neck, bottom and sleeves, lined with glazed cotton. Skirt pleated front and back, half apron front. bustle back, also llined in glazed cotton.
- 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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