Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.423
- Date:
- circa 1850
- Description:
- Baby dress. Long, white, fine cotton. Square neck, little sleeves with lace edge. Plain band around waist and gathered skirt with very fine lace 0.4" insert. Cotton, squares pattern, yoke and long sleeves added at a somewhat later period. Label: "Baby dress of J.E. Langford."
- Material:
- Textile
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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