Dress, Wedding
- Object Name:
- Dress, Wedding
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.053
- Date:
- circa 1897
- Description:
- Wedding Dress. White satin striped Mousseliene wedding dress, two pieces. Bodice fitted and boned over white taffeta. Trimmed yoke collar, down front and bottom of long sleeves with gathered ribbon and silk over tulle. Opened down front, standing collar. Long skirt, gathered into waistband, trimmed with same as waist. Loose panel at back longer than skirt. No lining.
- 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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