Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.751 a-b
- Date:
- circa 1860
- Description:
- Dress. Challis. All-over print of leaves in green, gray, and orange. Two-piece dress. Fitted bodice, opened down front with hooks, straight front at waist, pointed at back. Wide collar effect beginning at back shoulders and going to a point at waist. Long, tight sleeves with separate cap, edged with green silk trim, as is the collar. Lined with heavy cotton muslin in sleeves, bodice, and hem. ull skirt shirred onto 1.5" heavy twill waistband. Bodice and skirt were probably once attached. Silk ribbon trim. Hem tape.
- 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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