Dress, Wedding
- Object Name:
- Dress, Wedding
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.052
- Date:
- circa 1900
- Description:
- Wedding Dress. White ribbed silk wedding dress, skirt and two bodices. One bodice gathered onto satin yoke, sleeves full and blousy with cuffs of satin and featherstitched strips. 16" cape collar of satin and stitching with wide inserts of Damascene lace. Lined with fine white cotton. Long skirt with short train, trimmed with two rows of three rows each with white satin, lined with white sateen. White velvet facing on hem. Second bodice fitted and lightly boned. Long tight sleeves, ribbon and tulle yoke, and round collar below yoke trimmed with metal and white braid on shoulder and down side.
- Material:
- Textile
Silk
Skeletal
Cotton - Provenance:
- Worn by Ella Barrows (Mrs. Walter) Parker c. 1900.
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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