Jacket
- Object Name:
- Jacket
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.444
- Date:
- circa 1831
- Description:
- Jacket, boy's. Dark blue velvet jacket, black braid around neck, double-breasted row of brass buttons ("B & P 1831") down front pocket flaps, jacket slightly cut away at front. Two-buttoned sleeves (buttons missing). Lined with black cotton and silk. Cap or bonnet of blue velvet, lined with blue sateen, edged all around with lamb's wool.
- Material:
- Textile
Brass
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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