Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.447
- Date:
- circa 1870
- Description:
- Dress, girl's. Cotton. Pink print, striped design. Slightly gathered at neck. Long sleeves. Sleeve cuffs buttoned with blue-edged green and white buttons. White piping around neck, armholes, down sides, and where short ruffled skirt joins top. Drop waist. 1" narrow band of pink and white striped material at hem. Five buttons down back with same blue (green?) and white buttons.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- L-17 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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