Jacket
- Object Name:
- Jacket
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.723
- Date:
- circa 1860
- Description:
- Jacket, woman's. Wine and gold ribbed satin brocade (fruit and leaf design) jacket, fitted back and front, three-quarter length. Boned and lined throughout with dark tan fine cotton. Buttoned down front. Split at bottom back with inverted pleats. Watch pocket in left front peplum. Low stand-up collar, edged with black braid. Bottom faced with black braid and inside black taffeta hem.
- Material:
- Textile
Silk
Cotton - 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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