Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.953 a-b
- Date:
- 1905-1908
- Description:
- Dress. Two-piece black marquisette (silk plus possible cellulose net/gauze) dress. Boned and fitted bodice with black soutache braid around neck and down sides of front and on full three-quarter sleeves. Satin lining in bodice. Jet trim. Insert in front, tucked at neck and trimmed with sequins. Lined with black satin. Gored skirt with wide tucked ruffle at bottom with soutache heading. No lining. Slight dip at back.
- Material:
- Textile
Silk
Satin
Metal - 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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