Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.657
- Date:
- circa 1890
- Description:
- Dress, girl's. Red or pink and white checked gingham. Long waisted, with pleat down front of waist. Skirt shirred onto top. Tatting trimming around neck, sleeves, and around bottom of skirt. Machine sewn. Five buttonholes down back (buttons missing). Starched.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- L-29.5 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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