Chemise
- Object Name:
- Chemise
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.647
- Date:
- 1865-1875
- Description:
- Chemise. White cotton muslin. Buttonhole cotton embroidery around neck and short sleeves. Chain-like embroidery on V-shaped yoke at front and band around neck; also at shoulders and short sleeves. Buttons at shoulders. Hand sewn. Printed in ink on left front, "Louise Fassett".
- 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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