Bodice
- Object Name:
- Bodice
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.761
- Date:
- circa 1882
- Description:
- Bodice. Red velvet, hip length, fitted and boned. Opened down front with buttons of the material. Full below waist at back, pointed on either side of front below waist. Long, tight sleeves, narrow standing collar. Lined with fine, tan cambric. Cotton tape waistband. Old darned net lace on sleeves and collar.
- Material:
- Textile
- 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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