Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.752
- Date:
- 1840-1850
- Description:
- Dress. Wool, possibly linen, plain-weave challis, green stripes with brown, lavender design on white stripes. Open down front. Sleeves gathered into 1.5" cuff. Cap around top. Linen on sleeve cap. Lined with tan heavy cotton twill in bodice. Lightly boned. Full skirt shirred onto bodice. Wide hem (12") lining of glazed cotton.
- 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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