Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.772
- Date:
- circa 1915
- Description:
- Dress. Very fine black silk faille dress, long skirt. V-neck with satin embroidered tulle, openwork trim over lavender around neck and down front with dotted net ruffling to waist. Lace and wide embroidered trim organza. Pleats from shoulders to waist, down front and back, and on sides of skirt. Folded belt of material. Sleeves slightly fulled at top, with tucked undercuffs and edged with the net ruffling. Bodice lined with polished cotton and boned. Possibly mourning dress.
- Material:
- Textile
Silk
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
- Subjects:
- Mourning clothing and dress
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