Dress, Wedding
- Object Name:
- Dress, Wedding
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.062 a-b
- Date:
- circa 1890
- Description:
- Wedding Dress. White, pongee-like silk plainweave. Bodice is gathered full at front. Yoke is embroidered tule over satin with wide bertha collar trimmed and edged with white and pearl beads, buttoned down back. Long sleeves, pleated at shoulder gathered full into cuff of silk satin with embroidery and beads. Boned and lined with white cotton muslin. Long skirt with slight train, vertical tucks into waistband. Trimmed with braided net. Very full.
a. bodice
b. skirt - Material:
- Textile
Silk
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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