Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.484
- Date:
- circa 1910
- Description:
- Dress, child's. Light brown or grey challis. Yoke with lapels edged with brown velvet and embroidered in shades of yellow and brown grapes and leaves. Short sleeves with same embroidery. Bodice gathered at front into all-around waistband. Hooks down back. Skirt pleated into waistband with same embroidery at bottom.
- Material:
- Textile
Wool - Dimensions:
- L-32 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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