Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.753 a-b
- Date:
- circa 1846
- Description:
- Dress. Printed plain-weave cotton, brown background with blue scrolls and rose, white, and blue figures.
A. Fitted bodice, no bones. Fullness from shoulder fronts to waist. Tight sleeves with three tucks. All handsewn. Linen lining.
B. Plain full skirt, probably altered, as it is stitched into waistband with very narrow stitched hem and stitched tuck around 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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