Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.392
- Date:
- 1870-1878
- Description:
- Dress. Brown silk faille bodice and skirt. Bodice lined with cotton sateen, boned and fitted pointed front and back, brown and gold and blue boucled velvet trim around neck, down bodice and on sleeves. Lace ruffle on small standup collar. Pearl and brown buttons on lower front. Three folds at top of sleeves with lace. Blue grosgrain or fille and tulle at front. Full bustle back and train, skirt with wide cut velvet panels down front and cotton llining. Accordion-pleated and velvet dust ruffles. Bodice has been remade with velvet added; the skirt's panel is also added.
- 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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