Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.468
- Date:
- circa 1860
- Description:
- Dress, child's. White lawn with wide bands of Broderie Anglaise at hem, sleeves, shoulder seam and front and back yokes. Vertical tucking on bodice and below waistline. Horizontal tucking on skirt above Broderie. Back opening with six buttons.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- L-22.5 inches
- 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
- Subjects:
- Children's clothing and dress, Clothing and dress
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