Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.698
- Date:
- 1885-1890
- Description:
- Dress. Black and white striped cotton wrapper or dress with label reading "No. 922, Size 36, Domestic Dress, Fit Guaranteed." Turnback collar, buttoned part way down front. Long sleeves gathered into cuff band. Lined to waist with heavily sized loose muslin. Belt attached at back, to be fastened at front. Fullness at back of skirt and 7" ruffle at bottom. Ordered from catalog, it is in one piece - no waistline seam.
- 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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