Bodice
- Object Name:
- Bodice
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.722
- Date:
- circa 1890
- Description:
- Bodice. White silk (cashmere), horizontal tucking across front with black velvet ribbon forming yoke and vertical band of same from shoulder to waistline. Inverted tucks down all front of bodice. Back has two rows of loose tucks. Long sleeves, vertical inverted tucks edged with black velvet band then puffed with tight cuff with black velvet band. High-standing collar with band of the velvet. Heavily boned and lined throughout with tan cambric.
- 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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