Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.485
- Date:
- 1901
- Description:
- Dress, child's. Cream-colored silk-figured challis dress. Cap sleeves, lace trimmed caps and sleeves, also ruching trim on waist and braid trimming on yoke, down front and at bottom of skirt. Said to be "Piano Recital Dress of an 8-year-old girl."
- 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
- Subjects:
- Children's clothing & dress, Clothing & dress
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