Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.407
- Date:
- 1870-1875
- Description:
- Dress. Faille jacket, buttoned and beaded down front and around collar. Fitted waist, standing collar, long tight sleeves trimmed with beading and lace. Taffeta skirt with bustle back, braid, beads, and lace trimming. Shirred with alternate brocade panels and shirred ruffle at bottom. Lined with black cotton twilling for bodice, and skirt lined with dark cotton.
- 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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