Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.665
- Date:
- circa 1928
- Description:
- Dress. Aqua silk chiffon dress over slip, gold lame at neck and at bottom of over-skirt. Large rose of appliqued lame and aqua silk embroidery on top left of blouse and on left of over-skirt. Sleeveless. Embroidery of silk and gold. Undress also of chiffon.
- 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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