Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.401 a-b
- Date:
- 1880-1885
- Description:
- Dress. Black silk faille bodice and skirt. Bodice fitted with tucks at shoulders, gathered black moussaline front with lace and ruffling, black satin, pleated ribbon around waist, and lined with cotton sateen. The bodice has been remade; it originally had buttons. Long sleeves with tucking and pleated moussaline ruffle at shoulders and bottom. Plain, flared skirt with ruffle at bottom. Skirt has been altered at waistline.
- 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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