Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.443
- Date:
- circa 1890
- Description:
- Child's dress. Beige linen. Double-breasted. Three rows of braid at neck and down front. One row of braid around stand-up collar and at top of cuffs. Buttoned at shoulder and down front. Buttons, hooks and eyes. Off-center front. Long sleeves. Starched.
- Material:
- Textile
Linen - Dimensions:
- L-23 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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