Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.705
- Date:
- circa 1929
- Description:
- Dress. Pale gray-green Georgette crepe dress, low neck, no sleeves. Silk, perhaps linen, chiffon, and lace. Trimmed with wide lace of same color, forming yoke at front and falling to waist at back. Wide waist band of lace and full bias skirt trimmed with lace. Uneven hemline.
- 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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