Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.659
- Date:
- circa 1930
- Description:
- Dress. White wool challis with rosebuds and blue silk and white cotton stripe stitches. Waist gathered into white net yoke with pale blue rosettes on metal band around neck. Long sleeves with flared cuffs. Skirt gathered into waist band with long ties at front. Net insert in bodice and small braid trim. Challis and fine stripe printed.
- Material:
- Textile
Wool
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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