Bodice
- Object Name:
- Bodice
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.760
- Date:
- circa 1890
- Description:
- Bodice. Changeable black and purple silk with squared zig-zag design. Standing collar of black velvet on outside. Fitted, no bones, fullness down front and opened down front. Black velvet, folded, waistband with bow at front. Sleeves full at top tapering to wide cuff with narrow black velvet turnback cuff. Lined with white 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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