Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.666
- Date:
- circa 1928
- Description:
- Dress. Light blue silk chiffon and blue silk net with gold thread embroidery dress, long waisted, tucked down front and back of skirt. Net and gold lace down sides of top and all of skirt, scalloped at bottom. Silk chiffon under slip. Sleeveless. All original.
- Material:
- Textile
Silk - 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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