Coat
- Object Name:
- Coat
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.442
- Date:
- circa 1900
- Description:
- Coat or dress, child's (boy's?). Red-pink chambray cotton. Peter Pan collar. Long sleeves. Dress hanging straight from neck. Two patch pockets at front. Buttoned all the way down back with belt attached at sides and buttoned at center. Six-button back. Long plain sleeves gathered at shoulders.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- L-22 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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