Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.462
- Date:
- circa 1870
- Description:
- Dress, girl's (child's?). Red and white dotted Swiss muslin. Plain bodice lined with white cotton. Buttoned down back. Long sleeves gathered in with rolled edge. Undersleeves of white cotton with fine lace edge. Skirt gathered into waistband, with four rows of tucks. Back opening. Seven pearl buttons. Welted shoulder seam. Lightly starched.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- L-22 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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