Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.736
- Date:
- circa 1830
- Description:
- Dress. Changeable blue and peach silk and taffeta dress, boat neck, pleated bodice in front, drop shoulder, leg of mutton sleeves, lined with brown and white checked handwoven cotton. Skirt pleated onto waistband, hem lined with 6" polished cotton.
- Material:
- Textile
Silk
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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