Skirt
- Object Name:
- Skirt
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.764
- Date:
- circa 1890
- Description:
- Skirt. Brown serge, pleated into waistband, with separate flap at back, closely pleated at center to allow insertion of bustle. Lined with brown polished cotton hemmed with wide darker brown serge band.
- Material:
- Textile
- 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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