Dress, Wedding
- Object Name:
- Dress, Wedding
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.056
- Date:
- circa 1920
- Description:
- Wedding Dress. White organdy. Bodice tucked. Lace yoke with organdy ruffle edged with white satin ribbon. Five bands of narrow white satin ribbon around bodice below yoke. Long sleeves, trimmed with tucking and lace insertion and ruffle. Long skirt with slight train, double organdy with 6" pleated dust ruffle. Five bands of narrow white satin ribbon around bottom of skirt. Long organdy sash, ends trimmed with tucks, lace, and ribbon.
- Material:
- Textile
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
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