Bodice
- Object Name:
- Bodice
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.712
- Date:
- circa 1871
- Description:
- Bodice. Bright green, heavy silk taffeta sacque or bodice, boned and tight fitted with yoke below waistline rounded in front with two longr panels at back. Trimmed with pleated material with bias white bands in center around low neck, bottom of sacque, and bottom of bell-shaped sleeves. Lined with heavy white cotton. Buttoned down front.
- Material:
- Textile
Silk - 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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