Coat
- Object Name:
- Coat
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.947
- Date:
- circa 1900
- Description:
- Duster (coat), man's. Palm Beach coat, worsted. Cream color, wide collar, double-breasted with four gray soapstone-like buttons on each side. Two slit pockets on each side. Long sleeve with undercuff. Belt across back, long slit up back.
- Material:
- Textile
Wool - 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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