Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.391
- Date:
- 1880-1883
- Description:
- Dress. Medium green wool challis dress with slight train. Fitted, boned, and twill-lined bodice, rose colored silk panel, neck to hem, shirred at neck and waist, full skirt. Trimmed at neck, sleeves and wistline with darker green velvet. Rose silk puffs above sleeve cuffs. Double skirt padded and lined with glazed cotton and stiffener.
- Material:
- Textile
- 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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