Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.446
- Date:
- circa 1890
- Description:
- Dress or coat, child's (boy's). Checked white cotton. Opens all way down back. Whitework embroidery at neck, around yoke at front with inserts and tucks in yoke. Whitework embroidery at bottom of sleeves and around bottom. Tucks all the way down front and back of dress. Drawstring neck.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- L-24 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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