Dress, Wedding
- Object Name:
- Dress, Wedding
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.069 a-b
- Date:
- circa 1890
- Description:
- Wedding Dress. White wool challais. Two pieces. Bodice fitted and heavily boned, pointed front and back. Hook down front. Trimmed with silk lace down sides of front and on sleeves and on back. Long sleeves, full, two puffs and tight cuffs. High gathered collar. Long full skirt lined with white glazed cotton plainweave, skirt stiffener. Grosgrain ribbon trim.
- Material:
- Textile
Wool - 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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