Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.758
- Date:
- circa 1920
- Description:
- Dress. Black satin-back crepe, ankle length, long-waisted effect, with panels caught at hips with satin braid. Underskirt attached to underwaist of crepe de chine that forms kimono sleeves beaded in red beads with gold and blue stitching. Both sides of crepe used.
- Material:
- Textile
Satin - 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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