Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.403
- Date:
- 1850-1853
- Description:
- Dress. Black silk taffeta dress, bodice trimmed with band of 2" velvet ribbon to form deep yoke and bands around half of bottom of sleeve, lined with brown cotton twill and boned. Also has black silk fringe 5" wide around cap on sleeve. Lace at bottom of sleeves. Skirt gathered full at back and pleated toward front. Black wook braid at bottom and 15" dark cotton muslin lining at hem. All hand stitched.
- 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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