Dress, Wedding
- Object Name:
- Dress, Wedding
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.055
- Date:
- circa 1893
- Description:
- Wedding Dress. Two-piece dress of white silk. Bodice boned and fitted, shirred front, pleated back, band with satin bow covered with lace hanging loose from shoulders. Full puffed sleeves with satin bow and wide lace at bottom, standing collar, and separate lace-trimmed collar. Plain long skirt, full at back, lined with heavily glazed white cotton.
- Material:
- Textile
Silk
Cotton - Provenance:
- Wedding dress was given to Marion L. Cass by Lexie Lee in 1958.
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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