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Dress

Object Name:
Dress
Object ID:
1963.039.660
Date:
1910-1915
Description:
Dress. Pink cotton embroidered dress, three-quarter sleeves, lace yoke with stand-up collar, lace revers on both sides of waist, over shoulders, to waist band. Buttoned down back, embroidered insertions down skirt with wide embroidered ruffle. Long skirt. Net with lace and eyelet trim.
Material:
Textile
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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