Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.661
- Description:
- Dress, two-piece. Blouse and skirt of white linen, blouse embroidered on front and on sleeve cuffs, buttoned down back, long sleeves, lace edge. Full skirt, three rows of shirring at top sewed into narrow waistband. Wide Broderie Anglaise at bottom with embroidered insert above attached with crocheted border. Card attached to dress: "Hand-embroidered dress. Work done by Miss Minnie Presby and her mother." Cotton, plain weave, handmade eyelet and lace on cuffs.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton
Linen - Provenance:
- Card attached to dress: "Made by Minnie Presby and her Mother."
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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