Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.393 a-b
- Date:
- circa 1890
- Description:
- Dress. Lilac silk faille bodice and heavy taffeta skirt. Bodice boned and fitted, padded bosom gathered ruffle over shoulders, shirred back yoke with taffeta liing. Standing collar, vest, front of long sleeves and front panel of skirt in light lilac silk faille with velvet applique in brown, green and orange. Gold beaded braid on bodice. Pink tulle at bottom of sleeves and front. Bustle back skirt in taffeta and lined with wool. Pleated ruffle and scalloped dust ruffle. Label reads, "R.H. White Co. Boston".
- 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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