Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.696
- Date:
- circa 1845
- Description:
- Dress. Brown, blue, white, and yellow cotton plaid. Bodice tucked from shoulder to waist at front. Long, straight sleeves attached to bodice with piping; lined with linen. Piping also at shoulder seam and under arms. Full skirt gathered onto bodice; dark cotton muslin 6" hem lining. Hand stitched.
- 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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