Bodice
- Object Name:
- Bodice
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.720
- Date:
- circa 1848
- Description:
- Bodice.Bright green silk poplin, fitted back, four short bones at front (three taken out). Sleeve attached at drop shoulder with cording. Plain fitted sleeve with two rows black velvet ribbon at cuff. Buttoned down front, crocheted buttons. Lined with brown cotton. Corded at neck and waistline.
- 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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