Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.688 a-b
- Date:
- 1893-1900
- Description:
- Two-piece dress. Black silk blouse and skirt, alternate rows of black velvet ribbon and silk stitching yoke. Blouse shirred onto yoke. Full three-quarter sleeves with same trim and lace. Skirt shirred to waistband, with two inserts of the velvet and silk stitching, ending in full ruffle with rucking at hem.
- 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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