Dress, Wedding
- Object Name:
- Dress, Wedding
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.058
- Date:
- circa 1882
- Description:
- Wedding Dress. White brocade satin dress with pale green satin short sleeves, insert at front neck, and pleated panel in front skirt with v-shaped belt effect (probably added at a later date). Back of bodice fitted to waist and fullness added with skirt falling into train. White satin accordion-pleated ruffle around skirt and with the green added at front. Skirt lined with white dimity and cashmere at hemline. Ties for bustle. Buttoned down front of bodice with pearl buttons.
- 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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