Slip
- Object Name:
- Slip
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.743
- Date:
- circa 1915
- Description:
- Slip, short. Black silk satin (wide) ribbon top, with 2" satin ribbon sewed together for skirt, gathered into satin ribbon waistband. Very fine pointed black linen lace at bottom. Shoulder straps of heavy black crepe. Old ribbon used. Bodice lined with stiffer silk. Bodice was let out for larger waist, then skirt was added.
- Material:
- Textile
Silk - 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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