Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.417
- Date:
- circa 1835
- Description:
- Dress, baby's. Long, white cotton dotted Swiss, drawstring neck, with whitework embroidered and hemstitched band at waist and over shoulders. Plain, fine cotton, short sleeves with hemstitching and scalloped embroidery. Silk ties at back of neck.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton
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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