Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.711
- Date:
- circa 1892
- Description:
- Dress. White dimity cotton dress with tan and green flower design. Plain-weave. Fitted and lightly boned bodice, wide ruffle forming yoke and caps over tops of sleeves. Gathered ruffle around tight fitting neck. Sleeves full at top and tapering to tight ant wrist. Cotton muslin lining in bodice. Full skirt gathered to bodice with cording. Three ruffles at bottom.
- 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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