Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.498
- Place of Origin:
- Littleton, NH
- Date:
- circa 1872
- Description:
- Dress, baby's. Very long, white cotton. Tucked yoke at front, edged with hamburg, and lace around neck. Tuck in sleeves. Hamburg edging top and bottom of cuff. Skirt tucked, with 2.5" shirred band and hamburg lace at bottom. Long ties trimmed with hamburg. Machine-made lace sash.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Provenance:
- From baby's clothes made for William A. George, born Littleton, NH, February 28, 1872.
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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