Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.434
- Date:
- circa 1886
- Description:
- Dress, child's. Deep pink (red) chambray dress trimmed with white pique and insertion. Surplice front. Collar trimmed with white pique and lace. Reverse collar reaching to bottom of skirt. Attached guimpe, tucked, trimmed with insertion and narrow white pique collar. Long sleeves. Self belt. Loops either side of front for belt. Pleated from shoulder to bottom of skirt at back.
- Material:
- Textile
- 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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