Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.395 a-b
- Date:
- circa 1885
- Description:
- Dress. Purple cotton sateen bodice and skirt. Bodice fitted and boned with point at back, laced down front with paniers. Short lace sleeves and gathered yoke with purple velvet around back of yoke and streamers on one shoulder. Lined with white china silk. Skirt with full back and slight train. Pleated ruffle around bottom with under-ruffle of crinoline and lace.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - 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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