Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.398 a-b
- Date:
- 1895-1898
- Description:
- Dress. Black silk faille bodice and skirt. Bodice fitted and trimmed with lace and beads to form yoke. Large bead ornament on each side of front. Bead trimming around bottom of bodice. Lined with cotton sateen. Tight sleeves with ruffle silk, figured material, and some for collar. Collar area has been altered and the new piece does not match. Wide skirt, trimmed with silk braid fringe. Lined with black cambric.
- 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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