Dress, Wedding
- Object Name:
- Dress, Wedding
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.070
- Date:
- circa 1888
- Description:
- Wedding Dress. Pale blue silk, two pieces. Bodice heavily boned, front bloused at waist. Valenciennes lace (ecru) forming yoke, on bodice, and at edge of three-quarter sleeves. Shirred yoke, high collar and undersleeves of pale blue tulle. Long skirt, full at back with train. Wide Valenciennes lace down front, forming panel effect and around bottom hem above ruffle. Stiff underhem and skirt lined with fine polished cotton.
- 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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